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PBS The News Hour with Jim Lehrer-Transcript

Date: Jan. 21, 2004
Issues: Employment and Affirmative Action Higher Education


The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, January 21, 2004
Copyright 2004 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

January 21, 2004, Wednesday Transcript #7847

HEADLINE: Campaign Times;
Campaign Snapshots;
State of the Union;
Nuclear Appraisal

BYLINE: ANCHOR: JIM LEHRER; GUESTS: ED WYATT; SEN. JOHN KERRY; GEN. WESLEY CLARK; HOWARD DEAN; MARK SHIELDS; DAVID BROOKS; SIEGFRIED HECKER; JACK PRITCHARD; CORRESPONDENTS: KWAME HOLMAN; RAY SUAREZ; SPENCER MICHELS; MARGARET WARNER; GWEN IFILL; TERENCE SMITH; KWAME HOLMAN
FOCUS - STATE OF THE UNION

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Kwame Holman has congressional reaction to the state of the union address.

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KWAME HOLMAN: On the other hand, Democrats listened with skepticism as the president outlined plans to promote job growth.

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: I propose larger Pell grants for students preparing for college with demanding classes in high school. I propose increasing our support for America's fine community colleges. I do so, so they can train workers for the industries that are creating the most new jobs. By all these actions, we will help more and more Americans to join in the growing prosperity of our country.

KWAME HOLMAN: South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn:

REP. JAMES CLYBURN: I do believe you have to admit that job training is probably a compassionate thing to do, except that job creation has to come first. And I saw nothing in this speech that indicated anything about creating jobs when we've lost so many in the last three years, over three million jobs lost. What are we going to do with our economy that will grow this economy, that would create jobs, and that would make us a more productive society? A lot of rhetoric, but very little substance.

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