President Donald Trump has brought prosperity and opportunity back to Iowa, and women are reaping the benefits. Thatâs the message we brought to the Hawkeye State with the Women for Trump Bus Tour, and itâs a message that I hope youâll help us spread between now and Election Day.Â
President Trump has brought jobs, jobs, and more jobs to Iowa, empowering women across the state to provide for themselves and their loved ones. But heâs just getting started, and Iowans need to help re-elect Donald J. Trump so that we can keep reaching new heights.
No other candidate can compete with President Trumpâs stellar record of promises kept. Since President Trump took office, Iowaâs unemployment rate has dropped by nearly a full percentage point, to 2.6 percent. Last June, Iowa achieved its lowest unemployment rate in history â an astonishing 2.4 percent. The Presidentâs job-creating policies are putting Iowa back to work in a big way.
There are over 100,000 Iowa families led by female heads of household, more than twice as many as in 1970. With women still experiencing a higher poverty rate than men, itâs more important than ever to make sure women have access to good employment opportunities, and thatâs exactly what the Trump administration has done. In 2017, the unemployment rate for women in Iowa was an incredible 3.1 percent â even lower than the 3.3 percent unemployment rate for men.
Women across the country, in fact, are benefitting from President Trumpâs masterful handling of the American economy. Women have gained over 4 million new jobs during the Presidentâs tenure, and 58 percent of the new jobs President Trump has created have been filled by women. Itâs an amazing time to be a woman in America, and itâs important that women defend our gains by doing our part to give Donald Trump four more years in the White House.
Iowans are only just starting to see the benefits of this Presidentâs policies. Once the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement â the historic trade deal President Trump that negotiated to help American workers who had been hurt by NAFTA â takes effect, Iowaâs economy is going to start growing even faster, thanks to new export opportunities with our two closest neighbors.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tried to fight USMCA, but she eventually had to bow to the demands made by lawmakers from both parties and millions of Americans that she stop stalling the deal. President Trump scored a major victory for Iowans by keeping his promise to bring the art of the deal to our international agreements.
The President will continue to open markets abroad during his second term in office, with a massive Phase One trade deal with China foreshadowing future success in ending Chinaâs abusive trade practices. With new trade negotiations with Europe on the horizon, there will be even more opportunities for breaking down barriers that have kept American workers and businesses at a disadvantage for decades. Thatâs good for women, and itâs good for Iowa.
Iâm proud to stand behind President Trumpâs record of accomplishments, and I hope youâll join me in working to keep the progress coming by getting Donald J. Trump re-elected in November.