--gary locke. [applause] >> we talked about how we can strengthen the impact of president obama's export initiative. after a decade in which america's economy relied too much on an increasingly hard- pressed american consumer for growth, president obama understand we need to get back to the basics. he believes we must reinvest in innovation and do a better job of connecting u.s. companies to the 95% of the world's consumers who live outside the borders of the united states. that is where the national export initiative comes in. this is an unprecedented and government-wide effort to be double american exports by 2015. it was designed with one overriding goal in mind. it is to put americans back to work in jobs that provide security, dignity, and a sense of hope for the future. over one in three manufacturing jobs and almost one in five agricultural jobs are tied directly to exports. these are good jobs that provide good wages. these are the type of jobs we need a lot more of. our export goals are on

then there are also -- i met with commerce secretary gary locke about this and by the way i've been appointed to the president's export council and i plan to work on these american jobs issues, is if there are certain orders that have to be done quickly, that there's a loophole. so, you know -- ms. wasserman schultz: can i ask you another question? mr. schauer: yes. ms. wasserman schultz: because, it's not like we don't know that we do the census err 10 years. and that -- every 10 years. and that we are going to need promotional materials to promote the census. mr. schauer: exactly. ms. wasserman schultz: so what would be the urgent nature or last-minute ordering that would be done for key chains or hats? we know -- i mean, we know in 00 we're going to need that, we know in 2030 we're going to need that. mr. schauer: exactly right. ms. wasserman schultz: stock up. mr. schauer: the point is, there is no good answer. so we as democrats have to look at, we have to scour the law, all of our laws, and look at by american provisions and make sure there are no loopholes like these that allow our tax

cracks commerce secretary gary locke and other officials talked about u.s. exports of the white house today. we will watch that until the get a live update on the gulf oil spill in about 10 minutes. >> knock their stuff down. is yours there? ok. >> thank you very much. we just concluded the meeting with the president of the export council. we reviewed our plans to double u.s. exports over the next five years supporting some 2 million jobs in the process. exports are now very large part of our nation's economy a grilling the number of jobs that come from domestic consumption. the president really believes that rican do better, we can do more. most advanced countries have a much more significant portion of their gdp coming from exports. the more we can help american companies sell their products and services around the world, the more they produce. the more they produce, the more jobs they create and support. we are very pleased that in the last several months we have had big successes in helping large american companies like ge, pat whitney, and boeing sell b