instead of outsourcing jobs. that s why you heard silence from mitt romney because what can you say? the numbers don t lie. now mitt romney, though, has been saying the opposite of that. i mean, it s very confusing when you look at the numbers and you do hear things from mitt romney. listen to this, secretary solis. i don t think the president understands the power of america s economy and what makes it work. it s critical that the person we nominate is someone who understands the economy. i understand the economy. we need to have a president who understands the economy. to make sure this country has people who understand how the economy works. people hurting under the stagnant obama economy. now not only have you given the figures on job creation every month, look at the stock market. it s up 100% after hitting historic bottom three years ago
month in february we added 233,000 private sector jobs. more companies are bringing jobs back and investing in america. and manufacturing is adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s. we just had another good month last month in terms of adding manufacturing jobs. and this facility is part of the evidence of what s going on all across the country. this company is about to hire more than 200 new workers, 140 of them right here in petersburg, virginia. so the economy is getting stronger. and when i come to places like this and i see the work that s being done, it gives me confidence there are better days ahead. i know it because i would bet on american workers and american know-how any day of the week. the key now, our job now, is to keep this economic engine churning. we can t go back to the same policies that got us into this mess. we can t go back to an economy that was weakened by outsourcing and bad debt and phony financial profits. we ve got to have an economy that s
will? i m not in a position to say that. i m just reflecting on what evidence has been shown already in terms of job growth. it shows that people are finding employment, and i m encouraged by even some signs where we saw a big drop in the unemployment number amongst different groups that have been suffering the most like african-americans and latinos. secretary solis, labor secretary hilda solis, thanks for coming on this morning and sharing your views. thank you. all right. let me do one more quick thing on jobs with you guys. what do you say if you re a republican this morning, michael steele? i think what you say is congratulations to those americans who have gotten work over the past month, butamentale still weak and the debate is how do we make sure those who have gotten their jobs back keep their jobs well into the future in light of the cbo report that came out yesterday or the day before that said we can take
at the altar. the fact of the matter is that for romney, you can see the tight-grinned look on his face. he s standing there very stiffly. he knows that down the road there s going to be questions about well, do you associate yourself with fees, trumpian comments. to your point it takes a lot of the steam out of the newt engine. democrats are very happy about this, probably more so than mitt romney. and romney didn t have a choice, as you guys point out. but it s always about donald trump. when it s convenient for him to make a spectacle of himself, h ll do it it. he ll do it over and over. it s one more wild card he doesn t need to deal with. because of the weird law where we can t talk about it ton 8:30, i m going to hold after. secretary solis, thanks for coming on this morning. let me ask you this.
and newt gingrich, here s his take. the jobs numbers today offer a very stark contrast between timid and bold, and i think giving this president, it s very unlikely he s going to solve it. sorry, newt. it looked like he s already on his way, despite the opposition from your party. joining me is hilda solis, u.s. secretary of labor, secretary solis, thanks for joining me. thank you, reverend. it s good to be with you, and happy new year. happy new year to you. mitt romney says this report is not a cause for celebration. do they not get it? nothing could be further from the truth. we know that this has been a long hard road, but we know in the last year alone, we created more than 2 million jobs, and this job report for december shows that we ve seen a tick down of the unemployment rate, and we ve actually seen 200,000 private sector jobs created. all the remedies that the president put forward when he