JEC CHAIR MALONEY STATEMENT ON APRIL JOBS NUMBERS

Washington, D.C. – Today Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, chair of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the US economy shed 539,000 jobs in April, bringing the unemployment rate to 8.9 percent:
 
“Although there are some indications that the economy is getting back on track, today’s unemployment rate of 8.9 percent is a sobering reminder that America’s families are still suffering.  The road to recovery will be long, but the comprehensive and sustained approach that Congress and the Obama administration has been pursuing will put us on the right path.”

The Joint Economic Committee, established under the Employment Act of 1946, was created by Congress to review economic conditions and to analyze the effectiveness of economic policy.
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