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Monday, November 19, 2001
Audio
Clips from Retailers' Roundtable Discussion With Bush Economic Team
Chicago,
IL - Retailers today joined U.S. Secretary of Commerce Don
Evans and two of President Bush's chief economic advisors, Dr. Lawrence
Lindsey and Dr. Glenn Hubbard, at a roundtable discussion in Chicago that
highlighted the urgent need for President Bush's economic stimulus package.
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Text of comments - "You know I think what we need to do is continue
to get out there and tell people everything's gonna be okay, everything's
alright. I mean you've got extraordinary leadership at the national
level here. The President understands his responsibility for protecting
the national security of this country as well as the economic security
of this country and he's going to do that, but we need to continue
to deliver the message to the American people that this economy is
as strong as it's ever been and we'll come out of this even stronger."
- Secretary of Commerce Don Evans |
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Text of comments - "If you were gonna buy a car before September the
11th go buy a car, or I'm sorry I should have said buy a shirt in
Sears or buy a computer in Circuit City or go buy some chocolate,
go buy some chocolate. But get back to your normal way of life. I
mean if you want to know you know what sacrifice you can make a long
with those men and women that are serving us all so nobly and ably
in the Armed Forces go back to participating in this economy, because
what is just as important as national security is economic security.
We've got to keep this economy strong and the way to keep it strong
is for the 280 million people that are in America to go to participate
in it." - Secretary of Commerce Don Evans |
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