We're still growing, we're still hiring.

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Yesterday, we learned they're hiring 1, 200 more workers in their Lordstown, Ohio plant.

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So as we're looking for additional initiatives to spur hiring, I think we ought to embrace what's happening on this campus.

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So we're trying to induce hiring to start a little quicker than it's been -- than has taken place so far.

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We want to also make sure that we're providing tax credits for hiring of small business -- small businesses that are hiring new employees.

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Look, would we want to see the economy expanding more rapidly and hiring taking place at a greater rate than we're seeing now?

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But the ability to get the financing for the upswing -- to buy the raw materials -- so we're kind of struggling buying raw materials or hiring people.

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Let's give them to companies that are investing right here in Iowa and right here in the United States of America, hiring American workers, making American products that we're selling around the world stamped with three proud words: Made in America.

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The reason why is pretty basic: When we devalue we're actually lowering real wage rates, thus reducing the cost of hiring.

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And while this report today represents real progress, the benchmark I use to measure the strength of our economy is not just whether our GDP is growing, but whether we're creating jobs, whether families are having an easier time paying their bills, whether our businesses are hiring and doing well.

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