Valerie Jarrett Quotes

Maine is competing with the rest of the country for jobs and for economic development and we're going to be on the front edge of that competition. And technology is one of the ways to do it.

The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created.

I've always had a talent for building businesses - and, importantly, for creating jobs. That's a talent America desperately needs.

Supporting the entrepreneurial spirit is our best chance for economic progress.

I recently had the opportunity to participate in Inc.'s first-ever 'Hire Power Awards' event in Washington, D.C. The event was a testament to the power of American entrepreneurship and the role that it plays in driving job creation and innovation in a wide array of industries.

Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient use of fewer tax dollars.

Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the federal government creates an environment that helps them succeed, not one that sets them up to fail.

My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created.

We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business.

You cannot be pro-jobs and anti-business at the same time. You cannot love employment and hate employers.

We need to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit that is alive in Colorado.

I fight for the things that I care about, which are jobs and the economy. I fight for the things I think are important, which are reducing the debt and getting more companies to come to South Carolina.

The fact is, I was elected governor of the state of Missouri to bring more jobs to the state of Missouri.

Entrepreneurship is baked into the DNA of the Kansas Third District, and I'm proud to work with my colleagues in both parties to make sure our local businesses have the tools they need to take care of their employees, grow their companies, and contribute to our economy.

Growth means creating the right conditions for the private sector - farmers and firms - to invest and do business.

We want to see huge growth in this economy in small- and medium-sized businesses.

We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.

It's so critical that we make America once again the most attractive place in the world to start businesses, to build jobs, to grow the economy. And that's not going to happen by just hiring teachers.

I've always said that the most important thing is job creation. Jobs will earn people money and build self-confidence.

Donald Trump is not supposed to save jobs one by one. He's supposed to build a sound macro economy in which private enterprises create jobs.

I want to help small businesses grow and thrive. I know how to make that happen. I spent my life in the private sector. I know why jobs come and why they go.

I want us to do more to help small business. That's where two- thirds of the new jobs are going to come from.

We need a president that is sitting down, getting Americans to work, getting this economy going. That is the single most important thing that the president of the United States does, is create a climate where job creators know that they're going to be able to risk their capital and have a chance to have a return on the investment. And it's never too late to start that.

Economic growth creates jobs, and countries grow when they educate their people and pursue policies that encourage households to save, existing businesses to invest, and entrepreneurs to innovate and create new markets.

Just as entrepreneurs developed America, they can develop other countries, too.