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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 5, 2007
President Bush Discusses the Economy and Protecting Americans From Terrorism
The Oval Office
Fact Sheet: September 2007 Marks Record 49th Consecutive Month of Job Growth
9:54 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank members of my economic team for coming in
the Oval Office this morning to bring some good news here for America's
families and America's working people. The -- last month our economy added
110,000 new jobs. And that's good news for people here in our country.
It's an indicator that this economy is a vibrant and strong economy.
The folks briefed me on the fact that they are -- numbers for July and
August were revised -- job numbers, job creation numbers. And this economy
added 118,000 new jobs in July and August, as well. This means -- with
these revisions, it means that we've had 49 consecutive months of job
creation. And that's the longest uninterrupted job growth on record for
our country.
You know, I am really pleased with the economic news, but I don't take good
news for granted. I understand people are worried about their mortgage
payments, or concerned about sending their child to college. I know that
people are concerned whether or not they're going to have enough money to
meet their needs. And so my call to the United States Congress is, keep
taxes low. If you want this economy continue to grow, and if you want to
reinforce the fact that we've got -- entrepreneurship is strong and people
are working, don't raise taxes.
And I'm looking forward to working with the Congress to set priorities on
how we spend the people's money, but I also am going to make it very clear
to people in Congress that we're not going to raise their taxes on the
working people.
And so I'm real pleased. I thank you all for coming in to bring this good
news to me. It's -- this good news is a real tribute to the hardworking
Americans, the people out there working hard to put food on the table. And
it's a tribute to the entrepreneurial spirit of the country.
I want to say something else. There's been a lot of talk in the newspapers
and on TV about a program that I put in motion to detain and question
terrorists and extremists. I have put this program in place for a reason,
and that is to better protect the American people. And when we find
somebody who may have information regarding an -- a potential attack on
America, you bet we're going to detain them, and you bet we're going to
question them -- because the American people expect us to find out
information -- actionable intelligence so we can help protect them. That's
our job.
Secondly, this government does not torture people. You know, we stick to
U.S. law and our international obligations.
Thirdly, there are highly trained professionals questioning these
extremists and terrorists. In other words, we got professionals who are
trained in this kind of work to get information that will protect the
American people. And by the way, we have gotten information from these
high-value detainees that have helped protect you.
And finally, the techniques that we use have been fully disclosed to
appropriate members of the United States Congress. The American people
expect their government to take action to protect them from further attack.
And that's exactly what this government is doing, and that's exactly what
we'll continue to do.
Thank you very much.
END 10:00 A.M. EDT
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