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Joint Economic Committee Democrats Chairman - Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

Publications

May 25 2017

Nonpartisan CBO Should Not Be Politicized

Republicans are once again attacking the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) instead of facing the fact that their bill would take away health insurance from 23 million Americans, cause premiums to go up by 20 percent next year, and destabilize markets. Secretary Tom Price (who picked the current head of the CBO) says that the score is “wrong” and Representative MacArthur says “that is somebody’s opinion.”

May 24 2017

10 Ways TrumpCare Leaves Rural America Behind

Instead of focusing on improving health care delivery in rural America, House Republicans passed a bill that will only make it harder to access affordable, quality health services in rural communities across the country. Here’s a list of 10 ways that TrumpCare will have a damaging impact on rural America

May 24 2017

Trump Budget Fails Children and Working Families

This week, President Trump released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018 to well-deserved backlash. This budget—based on bad math and accounting tricks—recklessly cuts $3.6 trillion from critical investments that create jobs and provide needed resources for working families. It abandons the poor while providing tax breaks to the wealthy, slashes funding for investment in clean energy innovation and jobs of the future, and cuts cancer research and public health programs. Here are just some of the stories that outline this reckless and cruel budget proposal:

May 23 2017

TrumpCare: Leaving Rural Health Behind

Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a new report today on the damaging impact TrumpCare would have on rural America. Instead of focusing on improving health care delivery in rural America, House Republicans passed a bill that will only make it harder to access affordable, quality health services in rural communities across the country.

May 23 2017

Ten Ways House TrumpCare Leaves Rural America Behind

Instead of focusing on improving health care delivery in rural America, House Republicans passed a bill that will only make it harder to access affordable, quality health services in rural communities across the country. Here’s a list of ten ways that TrumpCare will have a damaging impact on rural America.

May 22 2017

May Economic Snapshot of the States

In July, President Trump will reach the 6 month mark of his term in office and stewardship of the U.S. economy. With lags in releases of economic data, a full accounting of this milestone is a few months away. However, as this economic snapshot of all 50 states shows, Trumponomics has the U.S. economy trending in a worrisome direction

May 18 2017

Clean Energy, It's Where the Jobs Are

The report, “Clean Energy, It’s Where the Jobs Are” highlights that 3.3 million Americans worked in the clean energy economy in 2016. It shows that renewable energy specifically now employs more than one in three Americans who work in electric generation and fuel production employment. Projections indicate that this is just the beginning and the transition to clean energy will create millions of additional jobs.

May 16 2017

Understanding Economic Challenges in Rural America

Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a new report today on the economic challenges in rural America. In recent years, rural and urban communities experienced developments in the U.S. economy in vastly different ways. Congress’s work on economic development, infrastructure, and education must tailor approaches to meet the unique challenges facing rural communities.