Ranking Member
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY)
Answering Misleading Claims about the Economy
The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) is often asked to evaluate claims about the economy. Some claims are not entirely wrong, but are deeply misleading. The Democratic staff of the JEC has prepared in-depth, carefully researched and referenced answers to the most frequently cited of these statements.
Economy Does Better When a Democrat is President, Study Finds
Ranking Member Carolyn Maloney, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, and Dr. Alan Blinder held a telephone press conference on Dr. Blinder's paper which says that the superior economic performance under Democratic presidents holds “almost regardless of how one measures performance.”
New Report Presents Detailed Economic Data on All 50 States and D.C. for August
Private-sector employment up in 27 states and D.C.; Hourly earnings up in 29 states and D.C. over past year
Maloney: Today’s Economic Numbers Prove U.S. Economy Is Strong and Getting Stronger
“The numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau today prove that the U.S. economy is strong and growing even stronger. President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats have done an incredible job of pulling this country out of the enormous hole that the President inherited."
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