At his weekly press briefing today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) highlighted this week’s House action on three American energy jobs bills, and called on President Obama to stop focusing on expanding government and join the effort to help the private-sector grow and create jobs. Following are excerpts from Speaker Boehner’s remarks: On Steps the President Could Take to Regain Americans’ Trust, & Create a Better Environment for Economic Growth & Jobs: “Listen, I don’t usually ever do this, but I think I’m going to give the president a little advice. “You know, if he wants to start building back the American people’s trust, he needs to stop expanding the roll of our government and do something – how about anything – to help create American private sector jobs. You know, too many private-sector job creators – especially small businesses, and I used to run one of them – they’re still sitting on their hands. “He could support these energy bills. He could finally approve the Keystone pipeline that would create 20,000 direct jobs, over 100,000 indirect jobs. Or he could rein in the regulations that are strangling our economy. Or he could actually delay this health law which is […]
↧