Former Small Businessman Boehner: Mr. President, Private Sector Is Not Doing Fine
June 8, 2012
Speaker
John Boehner delivered the following remarks today at a press
conference responding to President Obama’s claim that – after 40 months
of unemployment above 8 percent and with millions of Americans out of
work – the “private sector is doing fine.” Speaker Boehner said:
June 07, 2012
At his weekly press briefing with reporters today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) highlighted Republicans’ ongoing effort to help the economy create jobs by stopping the small business tax hikes, repealing ObamaCare and passing more than 30 jobs bills stuck in the Democrat-led Senate.
June 06, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) today delivered a letter to President Obama encouraging him to work in a bipartisan manner to prevent student loan rates from doubling at the end of this month. With young Americans struggling to find work, bicameral Republican leaders last week proactively presented the President with multiple options for offsetting an extension of current, reduced rates. The President has not responded to that offer, yet he is scheduled to discuss the topic tomorrow at a taxpayer-funded rally at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas – a rally Boehner and Cantor are urging the President to consider forgoing so they may instead work together toward a solution.
The text of today’s letter is below, and a printable PDF version is available here.
Dear Mr. President:
Last week, we received a disappointing jobs report that showed far too many Americans are still struggling in this economy. Young people in particular have been hit hard, with only half of recent college graduates able to find full-time work. That’s why we believe that the current, reduced rates for Stafford student loans should be extended for another year.
While the Republican-led House has already passed legislation to extend these rates, we sent you a letter, dated May 31, proposing additional savings that could be used to offset an extension. In an effort to find common ground, all of the options are recommendations from your own budget. With rates set to double at the end of this month, we had hoped this gesture would lead to a speedy resolution of the matter.
Unfortunately, we have not received any response from your administration. In fact, in public comments yesterday the Vice President and the Secretary of Education both seemed unfamiliar with the proposals we sent you. With all of the great economic challenges facing our country, there is no reason to manufacture political fights where there is no policy disagreement. That’s why we cannot understand why you, without having responded to our latest offer, would schedule a campaign-style event in Nevada tomorrow to discuss student loan rates.
We urge you to consider cancelling tomorrow’s Las Vegas rally and instead work with us so that we can extend these rates before they expire and stay focused on additional measures to help create jobs.
Sincerely,
House Speaker John Boehner
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor
“Mr. President, I used to run a small business. And Mr. President, take it from me, the private sector is not doing well.
“Listen, the American people are still asking the question, ‘where are the jobs?’ Stopping the looming tax hikes will help job creators because they’ll have more certainty about what the tax rates are going to be and help create a better environment for them to create jobs.
“We’re going to vote next month on extending all of the current tax rates. The president should assure the nation that when this bill gets to his desk he’ll sign it into law.
“We also know that the president’s health care law is making it harder for small businesses to hire, and we know that it must be repealed in its entirety. This morning, we learned more about the backroom deals that were made that led to its passage. Emails obtained by the Energy & Commerce Committee show that the White House traded billions of dollars in policy concessions to PhRMA for millions of dollars worth of advertising. The administration created and managed a Super PAC, paid for by PhRMA and run by Jim Messina out of the West Wing of the White House. This is wrong, and the administration must be held accountable for their actions.”
June 07, 2012
At his weekly press briefing with reporters today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) highlighted Republicans’ ongoing effort to help the economy create jobs by stopping the small business tax hikes, repealing ObamaCare and passing more than 30 jobs bills stuck in the Democrat-led Senate.
June 06, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) today delivered a letter to President Obama encouraging him to work in a bipartisan manner to prevent student loan rates from doubling at the end of this month. With young Americans struggling to find work, bicameral Republican leaders last week proactively presented the President with multiple options for offsetting an extension of current, reduced rates. The President has not responded to that offer, yet he is scheduled to discuss the topic tomorrow at a taxpayer-funded rally at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas – a rally Boehner and Cantor are urging the President to consider forgoing so they may instead work together toward a solution.
The text of today’s letter is below, and a printable PDF version is available here.
Dear Mr. President:
Last week, we received a disappointing jobs report that showed far too many Americans are still struggling in this economy. Young people in particular have been hit hard, with only half of recent college graduates able to find full-time work. That’s why we believe that the current, reduced rates for Stafford student loans should be extended for another year.
While the Republican-led House has already passed legislation to extend these rates, we sent you a letter, dated May 31, proposing additional savings that could be used to offset an extension. In an effort to find common ground, all of the options are recommendations from your own budget. With rates set to double at the end of this month, we had hoped this gesture would lead to a speedy resolution of the matter.
Unfortunately, we have not received any response from your administration. In fact, in public comments yesterday the Vice President and the Secretary of Education both seemed unfamiliar with the proposals we sent you. With all of the great economic challenges facing our country, there is no reason to manufacture political fights where there is no policy disagreement. That’s why we cannot understand why you, without having responded to our latest offer, would schedule a campaign-style event in Nevada tomorrow to discuss student loan rates.
We urge you to consider cancelling tomorrow’s Las Vegas rally and instead work with us so that we can extend these rates before they expire and stay focused on additional measures to help create jobs.
Sincerely,
House Speaker John Boehner
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor
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