LEVIN: Statement on President Obama's Job Speech

The following press release was published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means on Sept. 8, 2011. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding President Obama’s speech before a Joint Session of Congress:

"The president tonight stepped up to the plate with an urgent plan of action on jobs. Now it is time for Republicans to move from their plan of complete inaction and begin working together with Democrats to jumpstart our recovery. The livelihoods of far too many Americans are at stake."

Source: U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means