Today, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee Mike Lee (R-UT) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Labor Department November 2019 jobs report:

"The American job market beat expectations by adding 266,000 new payroll jobs, returning unemployment to a 50-year low of 3.5%, and continuing the year-long trend of strong average wage growth. The prime-age male employment-to-population ratio for men increased to 86.7% in November, drawing more men off the sidelines into the workforce."