Guest Blog: Sen. Rob Portman on Job Creation and Economic Growth

Senator Rob Portman / March 18, 2011

In my maiden Senate floor speech, I focused on the budget and economic issues we face and how our burgeoning debt and deficit is directly linked to the sluggish pace of job creation and economic growth in states like Ohio.

As I said during the speech, I believe the twin challenges of our time are to revive the American economic miracle and stop the reckless government spending that threatens to extinguish the American dream. One affects the other.

Without a growing economy and more jobs we simply cannot reverse the dangerous trend of record deficits and deepening debt. At the same time, without getting our spending under control, we can’t get our economy moving. With the fiscal time bomb on our doorstep and all the uncertainty it creates, we will not have a strong recovery. So we have to do both. (more…)