Jobs & The Economy: Putting America Back to Work
“The American Jobs Act answers the urgent need to create jobs right away. But we can’t stop there. We have to … start building an economy that lasts into the future — an economy that creates good, middle-class jobs that pay well and offer security… If we want [companies] to start here and stay here and hire here, we have to be able to out-build and out-educate and out-innovate every other country on Earth.”
We Can't Wait
We Can’t Wait
President Obama is not letting congressional gridlock slow
our economic growth.
"Without a doubt, the most urgent challenge that we face right now is getting our economy to grow faster and to create more jobs…. we can’t wait for an increasingly dysfunctional Congress to do its job. Where they won’t act, I will."
- President Barack Obama, October 24, 2011
Here are the executive actions President Obama has taken to support middle class Americans
Backed a law extending overtime pay protections and guaranteed minimum wage for homecare workers
Announced a rule change to Head Start that will make low-performing centers compete for funding
Signed an executive order designed to combat prescription drug shortages and fight price gouging
