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At a JEC hearing this morning, BLS Commissioner Dr. Keith Hall highlighted that November’s long-term unemployment rate was higher than at any other time that Congress cut off federal unemployment benefits.

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair of the JEC, released the following statement on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' November jobs report showing that the unemployment rate increased to 9.8 percent and 39,000 total nonfarm jobs were added.

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chair of the JEC, released the followed statement today reacting to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform’s recommendations for reducing the federal deficit.

Job growth in the fourth quarter of 2010 appears more robust than it was in the middle of 2010, according to the November edition of the monthly state-by-state report released by the JEC today.

A new report by the JEC finds that prematurely ending the federal unemployment insurance benefits program would drain the economy of $80 billion in purchasing power and result in the loss of over one million jobs over the next year.

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair of the JEC, released the following statement about the October jobs report showing that while the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.6 percent, 151,000 total nonfarm jobs were added.

A new JEC report finds that Social Security accounts for more than two-thirds of all income for women aged 65 and over, and that any efforts to tinker with this program could have a dramatic impact on retired women who rely on Social Security benefits to make ends meet.

A JEC new report finds that Social Security privatization proposals put forth by Republican lawmakers would result in benefit cuts for middle-income workers, jeopardize the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund and undermine the program’s ability to keep millions of Americans from living in poverty.

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Dec 03 2010

JEC Chair Maloney: Unprecedented to Stop Unemployment Benefits With Long-Term Unemployment Rate This High

Dec 03 2010

JEC Chair Maloney’s Statement on November Jobs Report

Dec 01 2010

JEC Chair Maloney’s Statement on the Report from the President’s Bipartisan Deficit Commission

Nov 23 2010

JEC Releases November Edition of State-by-State Economic Snapshots

Nov 18 2010

JEC Report Shows Extending Unemployment Insurance Benefits Program Critical to Economic Recovery

Nov 05 2010

JEC Chair Maloney’s Statement on October Jobs Report

Oct 29 2010

JEC Report Shows Social Security is Primary Income Source for Elderly Women

Oct 22 2010

JEC Releases September State-by-State Economic Snapshots

Oct 21 2010

Rep. Maloney Applauds White House Report on Women and the Economy

Oct 20 2010

JEC Report Shows Republican Proposals Weaken Social Security Guarantees & Cut Benefits for Many Americans