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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
WE HAVE SEEN POSITIVE SIGNS ALREADY, WITH THE GDP AND UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS GOING DOWN. HOWEVER, JOB CREATION NUMBERS TO NOT SEEM TO BE GOING UP. WE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
FOR REAL- ESTATE THIS WEEK WERE REALLY DON THINK ABOUT HOUSING PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL. PROSPECTS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DO NOT SEEM TO BE GOOD IN...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS ONE INDUSTRY, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE UNDEREMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED, THEY REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TIME TO UPGRADE THEIR SKILLS....
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Swain, Susan - Host
SECTOR THAT ARE PARTICULARLY CHALLENGED, YOUNG WORKERS, 25% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, AND UNDER 25. WILL YOU TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FOR THOSE GROUPS IN THE...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
YOUNG WORKERS, THE NUMBERS ARE DISTURBING. THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO SET THEIR LIFE IN THE WORKFORCE. THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE CHANCE....
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Swain, Susan - Host
ADDED A NEW PHONE LINE TO THOSE OF YOU IN THE DISCUSSION, THOSE OF YOU IN THE JOB MARKET. IF YOU WANT TO CALL US AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE LOOKING...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
SENSITIVE TO THAT CRITICISM AND TRYING ALL THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WAYS WHERE WE COULD WORK ACROSS THE AVENUES, HERE IN WASHINGTON, TO SIMPLIFY THINGS...
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Swain, Susan - Host
THE SECRETARY'S POINT ABOUT GREATER PRODUCTIVITY, COMPANIES DO MORE WITH LESS, "USA TODAY" HAS THAT -- IT TALKS ABOUT ONE BANK BRANCH IN ORLANDO. THEY...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
ARE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THAT. WHEN WE WENT TO GET MONEY FROM THE BANK, ALL WE SAW WAS THE TELLER. I HAVE NOT SEEN A TELLER IN YEARS. I GO TO THE ATM....
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Swain, Susan - Host
A CHART LOOKING AT EMPLOYMENT CHANGES IN MAJOR INDUSTRY SINCE 2009. TO THE RIGHT ARE THE JOBS IN THOUSANDS THAT ARE PRODUCED. CONSTRUCTION, THE HARDEST...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
HAS BEEN THE MOST RESILIENT SECTOR DURING THE RECESSION AND RECOVERY. THEY HAVE CREATED JOBS EVERY MONTH. I THINK THAT IS DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE AGING...
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Swain, Susan - Host
THE PRESIDENT TAKES A HIT THIS MORNING IN -- GUEST: I HAD TWO
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
REACTIONS. THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR USING HIS CABINET. CLEARLY, SECRETARIES OF LEASES ON THE ROAD A LOT. EVERY TIME SHE SPEAKS TO...
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Swain, Susan - Host
CALL FOR JANE OATES IS MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS. CRAIG IS A DEMOCRAT. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR
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CALLER, -
THE WORK YOU DO. WHEN I REALIZE IN THIS ECONOMIC CLIMATE, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IS PROBABLY GETTING MORE FLAK THAN THEY DESERVE, AS IS CUSTOMARY....
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
VERY MUCH. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
MY PLEASURE. I AM A COLLEGE SENIOR HERE. I AM GOING TO GRADUATE AND I LOOK TO JOIN THE TEACHING RANKS IN TEXAS. I AM NOTICING, NOT ONLY IN TEXAS, BUT...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
SUSAN WILL THINK THIS IS A SET UP. I STARTED MY CAREER AS A TEACHER. I THOUGHT I'D GRADE IN PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON. I DO NOT THINK YOU COULD HAVE MADE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
ANAHEIM. STEVE. GOOD MORNING.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: THE PROBLEM I HAVE NOTICED WITH EDUCATION OR RETRAINING PROGRAMS IS THEY ARE CUTTING BACK SO MUCH OUT HERE, BUT YOU CANNOT GET TO A PLACE TO GET...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
THANK YOU, STEVE. WE ARE TO ACTUALLY TRY TO DO MORE WITH LESS. WE ARE TRYING TO PUT MORE MONEY OUT INTO THE FIELD IN COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO SUPPLEMENT...
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Swain, Susan - Host
HOST: MICHIGAN. MARTIN. REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: I HAVE A
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CALLER, -
QUESTION. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF INTERESTING ISSUES THAT I HAVE NUMBER ONE, -- THAT I HAVE. NUMBER ONE, WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY,...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
BEST THING TO DO -- AND I KEEP REPEATING THE SAME THING. MAKE SURE THAT YOU, AS A OLDER WORKER, HAVE MODERN SKILLS THAT YOU CAN BRING UP TO AN EMPLOYER...
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Swain, Susan - Host
THE COMPLEXITY OF THE JOBS. THIS STORY TALKS ABOUT THE COST. LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE HAVE VOWED NOT HAVE A PERFORMANCE...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
GUEST: IT IS MY TEACHING BACKGROUND WHO WILL GIVE AWAY WHAT I AM HERE TODAY, BUT ACTUALLY THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION HAS BEGUN A GOLD...
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Swain, Susan - Host
HAVE BEEN SPENDING MOST OF THE MORNING TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET PROTESTS IN OHIO AND IN OTHER PLACES. A TWEET -- GUEST: YOU KNOW, I DO NOT
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
KNOW THAT THE SECRETARY HAS A ROLE IN THAT. I THINK THE SECRETARY HAS NOT BEEN SHY ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. I THINK WHAT WE WOULD LIKE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: THERE
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CALLER, -
WAS ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK BUT THEN I CAME UP WITH 15 OTHERS. THE MAIN REASON I CALLED IS THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS. ANECDOTALLY, MY FRIENDS AND...
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Swain, Susan - Host
A QUESTION. WITH YOUR PROSPECTS NOT BEING SO GOOD IN CONSTRUCTION, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS TO FIND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT? GUEST: LUCKILY, MY
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
FIANCEE HAS AN EXCELLENT JOB AND I HAVE BEEN SPONGING OFF OF HER. I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA. WITH FUEL PRICES GOING UP, MY RUNS INTO MADISON TO FILL OUT...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE FOR ME TO NOT SAY HOW SORRY I AM. I HEAR THE FRUSTRATION IN YOUR VOICE, AND I HEAR FROM PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. THE FACT THAT...
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| 00:28:06 |
Swain, Susan - Host
THIS IS A PESSIMISTIC VIEW FROM THE WINDOW ODWINDLE ON TWITTER -- GUEST:
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
I DISAGREE WITHOUT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. EVEN IN THE MANUFACTURING AREA WHERE WE HAVE SEEN THE SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR MOVE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, WE HAVE REPLACED...
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Swain, Susan - Host
IS A DEMOCRAT FROM TEXAS. CALLER: FORGIVE
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CALLER, -
MY VOICE, I AM A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW. I AM 60-YEARS-OLD AND HAVE BEEN EM SELF-EMPLOYED FOR 20 YEARS. MY SON WORKS FOR ME. WE HAVE AT LEAST...
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Swain, Susan - Host
THE SAME THERE. GU-- THE THEME THERE. GUEST:
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
I THINK IT IS HARD TO TALK ABOUT THE SOCIALILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE TO GET THE JOB THEY HAD TO SUPPLY A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. IT IS VERY HARD TO TELL...
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Swain, Susan - Host
EARLIER ASKING ABOUT THE REAL UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS. -- A VIEWER EARLIER ASKING ABOUT THE REAL UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS. HERE THEY ARE -- HERE IS A VOICE...
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BECAUSE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CREATE PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS. U.S. SENATORS DO NOT CREATE JOBS. REGULATORY AGENCIES DO NOT CREATE JOBS. JOBS ARE CREATED...
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Swain, Susan - Host
YOU DISAGREE WITH HIM? GUEST: I THINK WE SAY THE
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
SAME THINGS. WE DO NOT CREATE JOBS, BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE ON ALL LOOK FOR WHAT IS COMING. THEY CANNOT JUST WORRY ABOUT TODAY, BUT THEY...
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Swain, Susan - Host
THIS TWEET -- UNEMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER WORKERS IS AN ISSUE. IN TERMS OF TOOLS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR OFFICE OFFERS. IT IS CALLED "MY SKILLS, MY FUTURE."...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
TOOL WE DEVELOPED BASED ON O NET. IT IS THE GOLD STANDARD OF INFORMATION SECTORS ABOUT JOBS, BUT IT IS REALLY HARD TO NAVIGATE. IT IS MOSTLY BY RESOURCES,...
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Swain, Susan - Host
MY SKILLSMYFUTURE.ORG. THEY ALSO HAVE A NUMBER THAT IS ON YOUR SCREEN -- NEXT TELEPHONE CALL IS FROM DALLAS. THIS IS RICK WHO IS AN INDEPENDENT. GOOD...
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YES, MA'AM. I AM IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADE. I AM 32-YEARS-OLD. MIGHT ILLEGAL LABORERS GET UP AND GO TO WORK EVERY MORNING WHILE I STAY HOME AND LOOK...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
WORK AT THE PRICE THEY ARE CHARGING? CALLER:
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CALLER, -
NO, I CANNOT. THEY WORK FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR. AND I CANNOT COMPETEWITH THAT. COMPETE WITH THAT. MY SON TRIED TO GET A JOB AT MCDONALD'S AND IT...
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Swain, Susan - Host
YOU AT THAT POINT. ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. GUEST:
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
THIS IS THE SECOND CALL FROM TEXAS ON THIS ISSUE. I HAVE A REGIONAL OFFICE IN DALLAS, SOMETHING WE WILL TALK ABOUT WITH THEM. AGAIN, I CAN AGREE WITH...
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Swain, Susan - Host
IF YOU CAN HELP THIS PERSON NAMED DIRTY WATER ON TWITTER. GUEST: I THINK --
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
PERSONALLY, I DO NOT KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE. THE FIRST THING I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR JOBS IS YOU GET ANOTHER E-MAIL ACCOUNT. EMPLOYERS OFTEN...
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Swain, Susan - Host
ANOTHER TWEET. GUEST: IT WOULD BE HARD FOR
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
ME TO PREDICT THAT QUESTION. IT WOULD BE BETTER DIRECTED TO MY PARTNER AT E.D.A. I CAN TELL YOU THAT VENTURE CAPITALISTS ARE ALIVE AND WELL. THEY HAVE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
IS PAT ON THE DEMOCRAT LINE. CALLER: I HAVE
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CALLER, -
A COMMENT AND QUESTION. RIGHT NOW WE ARE CREATING CLASS WARFARE IN THIS COUNTRY. PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE SECTOR, EMPLOYED PERSONS UNEMPLOYED, WHEN THAT...
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
AN INTERESTING CONCEPT. AGAIN, OUTSIDE MY AREA OF EXPERTISE, BUT HAPPY TO SEND MY COLLEAGUES AT THE TREASURY CWHO COULD LOOK AT THIS FURTHER. THEY KNOW...
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Swain, Susan - Host
POINT OF VIEW IS YES. GUEST: CLEARLY WE ARE
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Oates, Jane - Assistant Secretary
COUNTRY OF 300 MILLION PEOPLE, AND A MATTER WHAT WILL YOU LOOK AT IT THERE IS A LIMIT TO WHAT THOSE 300 MILLION CAN CONSUME. OPENING OUR MARKETS TO...
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Swain, Susan - Host
IS A HELP LINE. WE HAVE THAT ON SCREEN. WE WILL ALSO HAVE THAT ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN ALSO GO TO MYNEXTMOVE.ORG AND MYSKILS MYFUTURE.ORG FOR SUGGESTIONS....
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THE HOUR. THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS SET TO HOLD HEARINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AIMED AT OVERHAULING THE TAX CODE. IN PREPARED REMARKS, THE COMMITTEE...
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