President Obama Visits Wisconsin

On Wednesday, Wisconsin was the center of the national political debate as President Obama visited Master Lock in Milwaukee. During his visit, the President spoke to the company's employees by highlighting his message of 'bringing jobs back to America.' 

In his remarks the President said, "This company has been making the most of a huge opportunity that exists right now, to bring jobs and manufacturing right back to the United States of America, right now. During the State of the Union, I issued a challenge to America's business leaders: I said, ask what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed," (www.jsonline.com).

The President was welcomed to Wisconsin by Governor Walker who presented the White Sox fan President with a Brewers' jersey.

In welcoming the President, Walker released the following statement, "I'm glad that the President highlighted two companies we worked with during the past year to create jobs in Wisconsin. I worked closely with the City of Wausau to bring Collaborative Consulting to our state. The President also mentioned Diamond Precision Products, another company our administration worked with to help them grow in our state. Finally, I was pleased to hear the President mention Caterpillar because their world- wide headquarters is in our state, and we are currently pushing legislation to streamline safe and environmentally sound mining to create more jobs in Wisconsin."