Americans Need Jobs Now

Statement

Earlier this week I was on Fox News Channel's "America's Newsroom" to discuss with Bill Hemmer what I've been hearing from Kansans: frustration with the President's leadership and Washington's inability to work together on a commonsense plan to grow our economy and create jobs. And this frustration isn't just in Kansas -- it's being felt nationally; the economy needs help, Americans need jobs and we shouldn't have to wait any longer.

But President Obama says it'll have to wait because he won't unveil his new jobs plan until September. We've had an unemployment problem across the country for a long time. This isn't a new development, and Republican and Democrat leaders both know there are some commonsense things we could agree upon today. The President ought to work with Congress and get us back to work now -- not wait until September.

The government is not a creator of jobs, but Washington does have the responsibility to create an environment where businesses can grow and start hiring again. This means cutting wasteful spending; reining in burdensome government regulations; replacing the convoluted tax code with one that is fair, simple and certain; opening foreign markets for American manufactured goods and agricultural products; and allowing the development of our country's energy resources. Yet none of these things are getting done in Washington.

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