Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) will hold a hearing on the newly released employment figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  The hearing entitled, “The Employment Situation: July 2009” on Friday, August 7, 2009 at 9:30 am in Dirksen Senate Office Building room 562.  BLS commissioner Keith Hall will testify to recent developments in the labor market, as the JEC continues a series of hearings examining the causes and ongoing effects of the financial crisis and the economic downturn.