Manufacturing still has the greatest multiplier effect, in terms of job creation, of any sector of the economy.

Our first priority has to be getting our fiscal house in order - and creating an atmosphere for the private sector in job creation.

Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship. It drives everything: Job creation, poverty alleviation, innovation.

I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation.

I'm floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians.

Over the years, I have visited manufacturing sites where AGOA is working, and seen job creation first-hand. And, as anyone who knows Africa is aware; one formal sector job often supports an extended family. Formal sector jobs also support many informal sector jobs. In sum, AGOA has benefited millions of Africans. Without it, there would be far fewer jobs in several very poor African countries, period. They would be in China and elsewhere, especially the apparel jobs,