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Remarks by the President at the SelectUSA Investment Summit
Gaylord National Convention Center
National Harbor, Maryland
2:39 P.M. EDT
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THE PRESIDENT:
Thank you so much.
(Applause.)
Thank you. Please have a seat.
Well,
thank
you,
everybody.
And
let
me
begin
by
thanking
Penny
Pritzker
for
her
outstanding
lea
dership. We’ve got six Cabinet Secretaries and dozens of U.S. ambassadors here, which should
tell you that SelectUSA is a major priority for this administration.
Since I was here with you 17
months ago, this gathering has doubled in size.
So I want to thank all 2,600 of you -- elected
officials and local leaders from across this country, and business leaders from around the world --
thank you for making this a priority, as well.
The fact is there’s never been a more exciting time for us to do business to
gether.
And today, I
want to talk about why America is not only the right place for you to invest, but why America is
the safest, strongest, smartest place for you to invest than we’ve been in a long time.
After the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, America is now in the midst of the
longest streak of private sector job growth on record -- 60 straight months; 12 million new jobs.
Businesses
in
America
have
added
more
than
200,000
jobs
each
month
for
12
straight
months.
That’s the first time that’s happened in nearly 40 years.
Our unemployment rate has fallen from a peak of 10 percent in 2009 to 5.5 percent today.
After
a decade of outsourcing, we’re starting to bring good jobs back to America.
Over the last five
years,
manufacturers
have
added
jobs
at
a
rate
not
seen
since
the
1980s.
In
fact,
the
manufacturing sector is actually growing faster than the rest of the economy.
And last week, I
announced nearly $$500 million in new public and private investment in strengthening American
manufacturing.
And even though the United States is already home to
more foreign direct investment than any
other country in the world, we’ve worked hard to address some of the challenges that held us back
for too long.
Our high school graduation rate is now at an all-time high.
More young people
are
earning
their
college
degrees
than
ever
before.
Our
energy
production
is
booming,
our
energy
costs
are
low,
our
leadership
on
climate
change
is
restored.
On
the
fiscal
front,
our
deficits have shrunk by two-thirds.
Our health care costs are flattening out for the first time in
half a century.
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Over the past six years, we’ve worked hard to make ourselves a smarter place to invest and to do
business than any other country in the world.
So we've got a good st
ory to tell.
And that’s one
reason
I
created
SelectUSA,
the
first-ever
government-wide
initiative
to
encourage
more
companies from around the world to invest and create jobs right here in the United States.
We've
got a good story to tell, but we want to make sure all of you had a chance to hear it.
And the
SelectUSA team wakes up every morning with one mission -- bringing job-creating investment to
the United States of America.
It's a kind of one-stop shop, sort of a match-making service for
investment.
Economic development organizations from around the country can connect with foreign investors
from around the world who are interested in bringing their businesses here.
Now, understand a
lot of state and local leaders in this room have been working tirelessly for a long time to attract
foreign investment.
The idea behind SelectUSA is just to make it easier for you to do that, and
easier for our international partners to find the best opportunities.
And
by
the
beginning
of
this
year,
SelectUSA
had
assisted
more
than
1,000
clients,
helping
to
generate more than $$20 billion of investment in the United States -- investment that has spurred
economic
growth
and
created
jobs
all
across
the
country.
The
companies
in
this
room
have
invested $$13 billion over the last year, which will create an estimated 32,500 new jobs.
So
what’s
great
about
SelectUSA
is
that
everybody
wins.
Communities
that
welcome
foreign
investors see more jobs and economic activity and they can reach more potential investors.
The
companies that invest in America have access to the largest market in the world -- and it's a market
that is strong and stable, and growing.
And one thing I want to emphasize, it’s not just big corporations or billion
-dollar investments that
make a difference.
With the help of SelectUSA, for example, a Canadian company named Peds
Legwear invested $$7 million to rescue a failing sock company in Burke County, North Carolina.
And
that
investment
saved
45
jobs.
They
recently
cut
the
ribbon
on
a
new
plant
that
will
ultimately
create
more
than
200
new
jobs.
Had
a
little
cheer
back
there.
That's
good.
(Applause.)
With the help from SelectUSA, Reha Technology, a Swiss medical robotics firm, just announced
its
merger
with
an
American
company
called
Interactive
Motion
Technologies.
The
new
company
will
headquarter
in
Watertown,
Massachusetts
--
and
today
it’s
announcing
a
new
$$5
million investment to expand this year.
So we’re seeing real results from SelectUSA, and we want to build on that momentum and get
even mor
e of you to invest.
So today, we’re going to expand and improve our services.
We’re
launching a new partnership between state and federal economic development officials.
We’re
launching
the
SelectUSA
Academy,
with
online
and
on-site
training
programs
for
investors.
We’re improving our online investment tools, helping companies identify state
-based incentives so
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