In this week’s address, President Barack Obama announced that the Department of Energy is awarding nearly $2 billion in conditional commitments from the Recovery Act to two solar companies. These projects will create more than 2,000 construction jobs, and over 1,500 permanent jobs as the plants produce millions of state of the art solar panels each year.
Tag Archive for Recovery Act
Obama Weekly Address: Pushing Forward on Jobs
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
In his weekly address, President Obama said the jobs numbers released yesterday indicate that the job loss trend is improving, but that his administration remains committed to accelerating these trends and putting more Americans back to work. Next week, the President will announce additional ideas about growing the economy and adding jobs to our economy.
Obama Weekly Address: Milestones on Economy and Recovery Act
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Barack Obama said that while times are still too difficult for too many American families, this week saw real evidence of progress in the economy. On Thursday, we learned that in the third…
Obama: Small Business Must be at the Forefront of Recovery
by Chris Prevatt • • 3 Comments
WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Barack Obama spoke of how important small businesses are to the economy and described the steps his administration is taking to support them. Health insurance reform will allow small business to purchase insurance…
Obama’s Weekly Address: Progress in the Global Economy
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Obama highlighted the need for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency to implement clearly enforced rules to help strengthen our financial markets and protect the interests of American consumers. The President also pointed to…
Obama Weekly Address: Katrina Four Years Later
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Barack Obama remembered the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, described what his administration has done to boost the Gulf Coast recovery effort, and said that he will visit New Orleans before the end of…
President’s Weekly Address: Recovery Act is Working
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Barack Obama said the newly released GDP numbers are an indication that the Recovery Act is working, but that long–term investments in innovation are needed to ensure our nation’s long-term economic growth. By…
