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George W. Bush
@georgewbush· Republican · TX· Oct 15, 2008

Leveling the playing field by approving the trade agreement will make American products more competitive in Colombia and support higher-paying jobs here in the United States.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 14, 2008

I want to end the tax breaks for companies that are shipping jobs overseas.

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George W. Bush
@georgewbush· Republican · TX· Jun 29, 2008

The best way to demonstrate that support is to give them the resources they need to do their jobs and to prevail.

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George W. Bush
@georgewbush· Republican · TX· Jun 20, 2008

This imposes needless costs on American families and drivers, and it deprives American workers of good jobs, and it needs to change.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Nov 12, 2007

I don't want to wake up one day many years from now and see that we're still standing by while American jobs get shipped overseas.

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George W. Bush
@georgewbush· Republican · TX· Nov 7, 2003

The most important thing we can do to help those looking for work is to make sure our current economic growth results in more new jobs.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jan 16, 2001

We have 22 1/2 million new jobs, a 30-year low in unemployment, a 40-year low in women's unemployment, the lowest Hispanic and African-American unemployment ever recorded.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Nov 17, 2000

By rewarding work and promoting responsibility, we've helped put the American family back on top again, with 22 million new jobs.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Apr 26, 2000

More than 21 million people with new jobs; longest economic expansion in history.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 24, 2000

If not now, when will we ever step forward to bring the hope of a good job, decent health care, safe communities, quality education, and new technology to every corner of this Nation, from Penobscot, Maine, to Window Rock, Arizona?

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jul 16, 1999

It would mean lower interest rates, more business investments, more jobs, higher wages, lower car payments, lower house payments, lower credit card payments, lower student loan payments.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jul 17, 1998

If on Inauguration Day in 1993, someone had told you that within 5 1/2 years America would have 16 million new jobs and the lowest unemployment rate in 28 years, would you have said, 'I will accept that and be glad for the next 5 years for what's going on in America'?

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Dec 9, 1997

If you want young people not to be trapped in dead-end jobs, they have to be able to get education for a lifetime.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Feb 5, 1997

With strong growth, low interest rates, low inflation, millions more jobs, record exports, more savings and investment, and higher incomes, the Nation is enjoying what such experts as Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, have described as the healthiest economy in a generation.

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