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Brady Statement on October Jobs Report

November 4, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s October 2016 jobs report: “The October jobs report continues the slow-growth trend we’ve come to expect from the Obama Administration. Our economy is still not growing quickly enough ...

Brady Statement on September Jobs Report

October 7, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s September 2016 jobs report: “While some in Washington believe today’s underwhelming report is as good as it gets, House Republicans understand that our ...

Brady Statement on August Jobs Report

September 2, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s August 2016 jobs report: “Today’s modest pace of job creation, coupled with 

Brady Statement on July Jobs Report

August 5, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s July 2016 jobs report: "After another quarter of weak economic growth, today's positive jobs report doesn’t mask the fact that, month after month, quarter after quarter, ...

Brady Statement on 2nd Quarter GDP Report

July 29, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its report on GDP in the second quarter of 2016. “For the last seven years, hardworking Americans have had to suffer through the ...

White House Growth Projections Just Got Even Worse

July 18, 2016

In one of its signature Friday news dumps, the White House last week cut its projections of U.S. economic growth over the coming decade. The new economic forecast, published in the White House budget office’s “FY2017 Mid-Session Review,” makes clear that the slow-growth status quo is here to ...

Brady Statement on June Jobs Report

July 8, 2016

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s June 2016 jobs report: “While 287,000 jobs were created this ...

Brady Statement on May Jobs Report

June 3, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s May 2016 jobs report: "This jobs report is troubling news. With job growth slowing, involuntary part time work rising, and the ...

Brady Statement on April 2016 Jobs Report

May 6, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s April 2016 jobs report: "It's always good to hear that more people went back to work - but these lackluster jobs numbers show our economy is not living up ...