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President Barack Obama arrives with PG&E apprentice electrician Erick Varela, a U.S. Army combat infantryman in Iraq, left, and Vice President Joe Biden, right, to the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington, to speak about helping the long-term unemployed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington. Carney discussed immigration reform, Syria, and other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, left, and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez speak to the media outside the West Wing of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington, after an event in the East Room of the White House about the long-term unemployed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington. Carney discussed immigration reform, Syria, and other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington, about helping the long-term unemployed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Barack Obama signs a memorandum directing the federal government not to discriminate against those long-term unemployed workers in its own hiring practices in the East Room of the White House, as Vice President Joe Biden stands right, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)