06/27/2013
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"More than 7 million jobs have been lost since the recession began two years ago."
"I can report that over the past year, this work has begun."
"The American people are still experiencing the effects of a recession as deep and painful as any we have known in generations."
"Our task as a Nation—and our mission as an Administration—is to harness that innovative spirit, that productive energy, and that potential in order to create jobs."