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Contact:    Robin Maxey                                                                  January 20, 2009

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                   robin.maxey@state.or.us                                                             

 

 

Courtney Comments on Unemployment Figures

 

“Today’s unemployment figures reinforce my belief that we must act as soon as possible to put Oregonians to work. Later this week, the Joint Ways and Means Committee will consider a package of bond-funded projects that will create 1,500 or more jobs over the next few months. I hope this will be the first step toward a bolder, broader jobs and revitalization plan – a ‘Go Oregon’ plan – that will put more than 25,000 Oregonians back to work in the coming year.

 

“This isn’t an urban-rural thing. This isn’t a Republican-Democrat thing. This is an Oregon thing. If we put aside our labels and pull together we can keep the wagon train we call Oregon moving along the trail.”