AGC Contacts Super Committee, President Jobs Council

The debt ceiling compromise agreed to earlier this summer established the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also known as the “Super Committee.”  This committee is charged with making recommendations for a long term solution to the Nation’s fiscal woes. In addition President Obama has established a jobs council to develop recommendations for spurring job growth and has requested time next week to address a joint session of Congress to present his proposals.  AGC has been in contact with members of the Super Committee as well as the President’s jobs council providing a copy of AGC’s document “Building a Stronger Future, A New Blueprint for Economic Growth,” which includes a series of recommendations for spurring economic growth, and sharing AGC CEO Stephen Sandherr’s statement that “you cannot fix the economy until you fix construction.”  AGC has also written to the full House and Senate pointing out the dire circumstances currently facing the construction industry, with over 2 million jobs lost in the past four years, a 30 percent reduction in the annual amount of construction put in place and urging consideration of AGC’s recommendations that are contained in the “Blueprint.” For more information, please contact Brian Deery at (703) 837-5319 or deeryb@agc.org.