Rep. Miller tours one of the largest jobs employer in Port Huron

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10) today toured AT&T’s Customer Retention Center (CRC) in Port Huron. Rep. Miller met with a group of employees and discussed the current job economy, as well as issues Rep. Miller is working on in Washington. The center in Port Huron currently employs about 330 employees who assist residential customers throughout the five Great Lakes states with AT&T landline voice, high-speed Internet and U-verse television services. In Congress, Rep. Miller is actively working in Congress on ways to protect and expand jobs in America. Rep. Miller co-chairs the Jobs Now Caucus whose mission is to work aggressively on common sense solutions for job creation that will not require any tax increases or adding to the federal deficit. Currently, 129 House members have signed on to participate in the Caucus.

“Port Huron’s AT&T’s center is one of the largest employers in the area, and I congratulate them on staying in the United States when so many call centers are going offshore in this troubled economy,” said Rep. Miller. “I was honored to meet the employees working at this center and discuss with them their concerns about the current job economy. With 15 million unemployed Americans looking for work, I have joined with my colleagues from both parties to seek common sense solutions that would actually create jobs. By focusing our priorities in Congress on protecting and expanding jobs, we can do better to put real solutions into action.

“I will not support legislation that increases our deficit and pushes more debt on our children, grandchildren and future generations. I will not support legislation that raises taxes on hard pressed families or job providers. However, there is much that can be done by reducing government over-regulation that chokes off job creation. We can also look to re-direct unspent funds from the stimulus package passed earlier this year that simply has not worked to create jobs to more productive purposes.

“I will take the concerns I’ve heard today back to Washington, and I will continue working in a bi-partisan way with my colleagues in Congress to help protect and expand jobs.”

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