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Costa Statement on President’s Address on Job Creation

September 8, 2011

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) released a statement following President Barack Obama's address to a Joint Session of Congress. The President laid out the principles of the American Jobs Act, legislation he will transmit to Congress in the coming days.

"I appreciated hearing the President's plan for job creation. We don't lack ideas. We lack jobs. That's why the President, the Congress, and the private sector must work together to put Americans back to work.

"We can pass a long-term, robust highway bill and invest in our water infrastructure to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. We can ease regulations that stifle economic growth. We can improve our depressed housing market by passing legislation like the HOME Act. And we can dramatically expand the market for American products by immediately passing three pending free trade agreements. We can do all these things, and we can do them today.

"With unemployment in our Valley well into the double digits, it's past time to act."