REMARKS
Remarks by Vice President Pence on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement | Duryea, PA
ECONOMY & JOBS
Issued on: October 21, 2019
SCHOTT North America Inc.
Duryea, Pennsylvania
5:27 P.M. EDT
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And you know what? Its not just been more jobs, but its been better jobs and better pay. Since President Trump was elected, the average American household has seen your disposable income go up, on average, by $5,000 a year.
And maybe most important to the President and me is that wages are rising. Wages are rising today at the fastest pace that theyve risen in more than 10 years. Maybe most encouraging of all, wages are rising most rapidly for hardworking, blue-collar Americans. The forgotten men and women of America are forgotten no more. (Applause.) Its true.
And since President Trumps election, weve seen a real renaissance in manufacturing. I mean, it really is pretty incredible. I mean, you remember the last administration? The President, in the summer of 2016, actually said that 200,000 manufacturing jobs that theyd lost over their eight years in the White House were never coming back.
I remember when President Obama said, What do you you have a magic wand youre going to wave to bring those jobs back? Well, we didnt need a magic wand. We just needed President Donald Trump in the White House. Five hundred thousand manufacturing jobs created in the last three years. (Applause.)
Incredible. Including nearly 2,000 manufacturing jobs just in this state alone.
And results like this dont just happen. The truth is, all of this happens because of the policies that this President and our allies in the Congress have supported every step of the way. But they also have happened theyve also happened mostly because, quite frankly, working Americans are the best workers in the world. (Applause.) All of you are driving the boom in this company, in this state, and in this country. (Applause.) Its true.
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