Janet Yellen in Milwaukee Friday; highlight state of U.S. economy
MILWAUKEE - Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen visited Milwaukee on Friday, Jan. 26 for an event to highlight the state of the U.S. economy and the jobs President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is creating.
Yellen toured a Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership (WRTP) | Building Industry Group Skilled Trades Employment Program (BIG STEP) workforce training facility, which is being modernized and expanded thanks to federal funding. WRTP | BIG STEP is also leveraging American Rescue Plan funding to provide new credentialing opportunities, including in green construction.
After the tour, Secretary Yellen took part in a roundtable with local leaders, including Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, WRTP | BIG STEP training program leaders and participants.
Following the tour and roundtable, Secretary Yellen delivered remarks discussing the Biden Administration’s efforts to create jobs for middle-class Americans across the country.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JANUARY 25: Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen speaks to the Economic Club of Chicago luncheon on January 25, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Yellen used the address to highlight the state of the U.S. economy. (Photo by Scott Olson
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While in Milwaukee, Secretary Yellen also met with regional business leaders hosted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce to discuss the local economy and President Biden’s economic agenda.
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WisGOP Spokesperson Matt Fisher
"From her ‘transitory inflation’ debacle to declining wages for working families, Janet Yellen is the last person Wisconsinites want to hear from about the economy. Voters are fed up with Bidenomics and will send Joe and Janet packing this November."