Getting Granite Staters Back to Work
The issue of Getting Granite Staters Back to Work is important to our district and to my work in Congress.
Helping return New Hampshire to full employment is Priority #1. That’s why I launched my ongoing Getting Granite Staters Back to Work initiative in April, 2011.
Job creators are the answer to lingering high unemployment, not the government. Small businesses are the engine that drives our state’s economy, and they (not Washington) will lead the way back to an expanding workforce and prosperity.
The initiative began with a survey of job creators. I asked about their plans for hiring new employees (a sobering combined 59% said they had no plans to increase their payrolls this year or beyond), asked for their thoughts on what Washington should –and shouldn’t—do to foster job growth, and inquired about impediments to their expansion.
I followed that up with a roundtable discussion with job creators, where they shared specific details on what Washington can do to create a fiscal environment that can create the confidence they need to hire new employees.
Next, I sponsored two special job fairs in Derry and Rochester, bringing together people who were looking for work with employers who are looking for workers.
I then hosted a special a Veterans' Job Fair on in Manchester to help our returning servicemen and servicewomen and their families. Click here for a results report afterwards.
My first job fair of 2012 was in March in Portsmouth. Click here to read more about the Portsmouth event. I also hosted my first Empower, Educate, Engage Women's Conference in Manchester in March (Click here to read more about the conference) and one in Laconia in April.
New Hampshire's manufacturing sector needs help, which is why I hosted my first of a series of three Manufacturing Summits around the district in Portsmouth in April.
I will be launching my second Job Fair of 2012 in Conway on May 22nd. For more information, click here.
More activities are being planned for the coming months and I remain committed to helping as many people return to work as possible.
When it comes to what I am doing in Washington, the personal stories, information and other insight I've gathered from my Getting Granite Staters Back to Work initiative are vital to my legislative duties on Capitol Hill, too. In Washington, I have been actively voting for, sponsoring, and cosponsoring dozens of jobs related legsilation. Please visit the "Job Tracker" below to take a look at just a few of the jobs bills that have already passed the House of Representatives and their current status in the legislative process.
