Congressman Rothman’s Statement on the September Jobs Report |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 5, 2012
CONTACT: Marc Cevasco
office: (202) 225-5061
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Washington, DC – Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ), a member of the
House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the
September 2012 Employment Situation report, which was released today by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Nearly
four years ago, we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. Today we have seen
31 straight months of private sector job growth and the lowest unemployment
rate since January 2009. The drop to 7.8% unemployment is encouraging
news but we still have much more work to do. Too
many of my constituents remain out of work and are struggling to provide for
their families.
Congress
must work to continue the economic recovery and ensure that everyone who is
able can find gainful employment. I call on Congress to come back to work
and pass President Obama’s American Jobs Act so that we can add to the 114,000 workers that found employment in September.
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