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Pence's Remarks to Employees at Casadei Steel Inc. on Opening Up America Again, Sterling Heights, MI
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Remarks by Vice President Pence to Employees at Casadei Steel Inc. on Opening Up America Again | Sterling Heights, MI
ECONOMY & JOBS
Issued on: June 18, 2020
Chardam Gear Company/Casadei Structural Steel Inc.
Sterling Heights, Michigan
2:44 P.M. EDT
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, hello, Michigan! (Applause.) And thank you to, really, one of the hardest working members of the President’s Cabinet. He is a dedicated American who is focusing on improving the lives of workers, even in these challenging times. Would you join me in thanking the Secretary of Labor, Gene Scalia? (Applause.) He’s doing phenomenal job for America. Thank you for those good words, Mr. Secretary.
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And you know what? Because of that foundation that we laid, after all that we’ve been through as a nation over these last several months, the American comeback has begun. In fact, just a few short weeks ago, we actually saw, in the month of May alone, the largest one-month increase in jobs in American history. (Applause.) It’s true.
And the experts were all telling us — weren’t they, Mr. Secretary? — that we could lose 8 million new jobs. In that report, they said that unemployment across the country might go from 14 percent to 20 percent, but actually, the American people proved them wrong. In the last month alone, America’s businesses created nearly 3 million jobs. And we didn’t stop there.
Last week, the experts also predicted that retail sales would only grow by about 8 percent. But the American people — the American people knew they had “another thing coming,”as we say down in the Hoosier State. They shattered expectations. Retail sales soared by 17.7 percent, the largest monthly increase in sales ever recorded. (Applause.)
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Remarks by Vice President Pence to Employees at Casadei Steel Inc. on Opening Up America Again | Sterling Heights, MI
ECONOMY & JOBS
Issued on: June 18, 2020
Chardam Gear Company/Casadei Structural Steel Inc.
Sterling Heights, Michigan
2:44 P.M. EDT
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, hello, Michigan! (Applause.) And thank you to, really, one of the hardest working members of the President’s Cabinet. He is a dedicated American who is focusing on improving the lives of workers, even in these challenging times. Would you join me in thanking the Secretary of Labor, Gene Scalia? (Applause.) He’s doing phenomenal job for America. Thank you for those good words, Mr. Secretary.
{snip}
And you know what? Because of that foundation that we laid, after all that we’ve been through as a nation over these last several months, the American comeback has begun. In fact, just a few short weeks ago, we actually saw, in the month of May alone, the largest one-month increase in jobs in American history. (Applause.) It’s true.
And the experts were all telling us — weren’t they, Mr. Secretary? — that we could lose 8 million new jobs. In that report, they said that unemployment across the country might go from 14 percent to 20 percent, but actually, the American people proved them wrong. In the last month alone, America’s businesses created nearly 3 million jobs. And we didn’t stop there.
Last week, the experts also predicted that retail sales would only grow by about 8 percent. But the American people — the American people knew they had “another thing coming,”as we say down in the Hoosier State. They shattered expectations. Retail sales soared by 17.7 percent, the largest monthly increase in sales ever recorded. (Applause.)
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