The Joint Economic Committee Democrats released the first in a series of reports today on education as the foundation for economic success. The introductory report outlines the value of education in today’s economy, and where the United States falls short. Although overall educational attainment has been on the rise, many groups of Americans are being left behind in a labor market that increasingly requires more education.

While more Americans are attending and completing degree programs, “sharp divisions” in access remain “by income level, race, ethnicity, and geography.”

Today’s score from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office confirms how disastrous repealing the Affordable Care Act without a replacement plan would be for American families. President Trump and Majority Leader McConnell are learning the exact wrong lesson from all of this. Instead of working together to make pragmatic improvements to health care, they are doubling down on their reckless strategy to revive a ‘Repeal and Run’ vote that would leave 32 million Americans without coverage by 2026, dismantle Medicaid expansion, and throw the whole system into chaos.

Saying their size and number interfere with development, the Trump administration ordered a review of 27 national monuments to either shrink or eliminate protected areas. In response, congressional Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee released a state-by-state fact sheet on the economic impact of public lands.