Friday, June 24, 2011
A Renaissance in American Manufacturing
Posted by Linda H on 7:36:00 PM
Video clips from President Obama's speech at Carnegie Mellon robotics Center on June 24, 2011
- The Robots you manufacture here seem peaceful
- Today, a high school diploma no longer guarantees you a job.
- We are inventors, and we are makers, and we are doers
- AMP -- the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership
- Make sure tomorrow's breakthroughs are American breakthroughs
- Helping smaller manufacturers compete
- This partnership is about new, cutting-edge ideas to create new jobs, spark new breakthroughs, reinvigorate American manufacturing
- We adapt; we innovate; we lead the way forward
This partnership is about new, cutting-edge ideas to create new jobs, spark new breakthroughs, reinvigorate American manufacturing
Posted by Linda H on 11:00:00 AM
We are inventors, and we are makers, and we are doers
Posted by Linda H on 9:00:00 AM
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President's Remarks
And that's why we're here. Carnegie Mellon is a great example of what it means to move forward. At its founding, no one would have imagined that a trade school for the sons and daughters of steelworkers would one day become the region's largest -- one of the region's largest employers and a global research university. And yet, innovations led by your professors and your students have created more than 300 companies and 9,000 jobs over the past 15 years -- companies like Carnegie Robotics.
But more important than the ideas that you've incubated are what those ideas have become: They've become products made right here in America and, in many cases, sold all over the world. And that's in our blood. That's who we are. We are inventors, and we are makers, and we are doers.
If we want a robust, growing economy, we need a robust, growing manufacturing sector. That's why we told the auto industry two years ago that if they were willing to adapt, we'd stand by them. Today, they're profitable, they're creating jobs, and they're repaying taxpayers ahead of schedule. (Applause.)
That's why we've launched a partnership to retrain workers with new skills. That's why we've invested in clean energy manufacturing and new jobs building wind turbines and solar panels and advanced
batteries. We have not run out of stuff to make. We've just got to reinvigorate our manufacturing sector so that it leads the world the way it always has -- from paper and steel and cars to new products that we haven't even dreamed up yet. That's how we're going to strengthen existing industries; that's how we're going to spark new ones. That's how we're going to create jobs, grow the middle class, and secure our economic leadership.
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