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The President marked the 10,000th road project funded by Recovery Act in Columbus, Ohio. According to the White House, this road improvement project in downtown Columbus is expected to create over 300 construction jobs. This event was part of the Administration’s “Recovery Summer” effort, a six-week-long focus on new stimulus infrastructure projects that will be underway nationwide in the coming months. House Minority Leader John Boehner said the President to came to Ohio to “tout a ‘stimulus’ that is failing to meet his promises by every reasonable standard.”
Friday, June 18, 2010
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Columbus, OH
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 Pres. Obama in Columbus  House Min. Ldr. Boehner (R-OH) Response
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CBO Director Peter Orszag applauded the federal government’s implementation of the Recovery Act and credited Vice President Joe Biden as the driving force behind the effort. Making the case that the stimulus has helped to revive economic growth, Orszag cited the “the largest one-year swing in GDP growth in three decades” from an average GDP decline of 5.9 percent at the end of 2008 to 4.3 percent a year later.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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Washington, DC
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Full Transcript
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In a newly released report, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) attributed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act with creating or saving up to 2.8 million jobs this year. The report also noted that without the stimulus measure, the unemployment rate could be as high as 11 percent. Vice President Joe Biden said the report “is further confirmation that the Recovery Act is a driving force behind recent economic growth.”
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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Washington, DC
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VP Biden's Statement CBO Report
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Vice President Biden made remarks at a Recovery Act Implementation meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. He and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announce the launch of 37 energy projects, which are being awarded $106 million through the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy and the Recovery Act. In his remarks, Vice President Biden said the projects have "the potential to dramatically transform how we use energy in this country."
Thursday, April 29, 2010
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Washington, DC
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VP Biden Remarks WH Press Release on Projects
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Federal officials, local leaders and labor organizations provided an update on efforts to expand broadband access to small businesses at a Senate Small Business Cmte. hearing. The FCC's National Broadband Plan, mandated by the Recovery Act, provided $7.2 billion for broadband access in rural and underserved areas and to benefit small businesses and their customers.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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Washington, DC
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Hearing on Expanding Small Business Broadband
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Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) held a Senate Commerce hearing to explore the National Broadband Plan, which was released on March 17 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski discussed the broadband plan itself and the general scope of FCC authority over Internet and broadband.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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Washington, DC
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Senate Broadband Hearing
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