“ President Obama’s policies are creating uncertainty, holding back the economy, and need to be reversed. My plan will get America back to work by delivering a real economic recovery. By reforming our tax code and lowering rates, businesses and entrepreneurs will be able to make long-term hiring and expansion decisions. I will also address our country’s out-of-control spending and trillion dollar deficits by returning spending to historic levels while securing the promise of entitlement programs for future generations. I will eliminate regulations that are tangling job creators and unduly burdening the economy, while ensuring that future regulations do not impede economic growth. Rather than sitting on the sidelines while others negotiate new trade agreements, I will open up new markets for American exports, which will support greater economic growth at home. An affordable, reliable energy supply is fundamental to a growing economy, and I will support increased energy production, a more rational approach to regulation, and private-sector-led development of new energy technologies. Finally, I will ensure that Americans receive the education and training they need for the jobs of today’s economy. Together, these reforms will create 12 million new jobs over the next four years. ”

“ Before President Obama took office, the economy was losing almost 800,000 jobs a month, and the auto industry, which helps support more than 1.1 million Michigan jobs, was on the brink. Mitt Romney said “let Detroit go bankrupt,” and would have allowed it to fail.

Now, under President Obama’s leadership, we’ve seen 30 consecutive months of job growth and nearly 5.1 million new private sector jobs. And thanks to the President’s auto rescue, that industry – the lifeblood of the Michigan economy – is thriving again. The entire ‘Big Three’ is profitable for the first time since 2004, and the auto industry has created 425,000 jobs since GM and Chrysler re-tooled. But we still have more work to do.

At the Democratic National Convention, President Obama laid out a clear, real and achievable plan for continuing to create jobs and restore middle-class security for hard-working Americans. He’ll invest in education and training, develop new sources of energy, and reform our tax code so that we’re helping small businesses and companies that are investing here in American. At the core of his plan is a goal to create 1 million new manufacturing jobs by the end of 2016, and double our exports by the end of 2014. He will cut net oil imports in half by 2020 and support 600,000 natural gas jobs by the end of the decade. ”