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We know that working with small businesses to create jobs will do more to help our economy than anything the Obama Administration has tried to do.

As business people, we have to remind ourselves that it's up to us to create jobs. It's up to us as business people to drive the economy, and no one else.

If we're going to create the best business climate to create higher paying jobs and retain our young people, we're going to have to build a workforce prepared for the opportunities of the future.

I am not surprised that this is a longer bit of work than many of us would have hoped. It is not where any of us would have hoped it is. And I think we need to give credit to the Republicans in Congress who have done everything they can to defeat every jobs bill and slow down the economy.

The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again.

This is just the beginning of a new era for America's workers.

I know in the past Republicans have agreed to minimum-wage increases that there's built-in protections for small and midsize businesses.

The ultimate proof of confidence for a small-business owner is, are they hiring employees?

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.

Successfully bringing jobs home requires serious policy and reforms that make America the place businesses want to plant and grow. You can't punish business into doing the things you want.