Recent Press Releases

“If the President is really serious about doubling U.S. exports and creating the jobs that would go along with it, he should call on Congress to approve Trade Promotion Authority and Congress should do it. I would also suggest that any discussion of Trade Adjustment Assistance only be done as part of the debate over extending Trade Promotion Authority”
‘As signs of an economic catastrophe have gathered, Republicans have offered concrete proposals for creating jobs and growing the economy. We’ve offered multiple concrete budget proposals. We’ve offered specific plans for reining in the crushing cost of entitlements — and for preserving them. Democrats have offered a thirty-second campaign ad of someone pushing a grandmother off a cliff.’
“With four-dollar-a-gallon gas, sky-high unemployment, and instability in the Middle East, it’s way past time for the Democrats in Washington to explain why they’re not interested. And it is time the Democrats in Washington stop accusing Kentucky coal producers of being part of the problem, and start looking at Kentucky coal producers as part of the solution to our domestic energy, jobs and economic crises.”