It Doesn’t Have to be This Way: Obamacare’s Troubling Reality
Every day Americans are confronted with more bad news about Obamacare. Insurers are leaving the ACA marketplaces, premiums continue to increase, and fewer people are enrolling, which will likely lead to more premium increases. Lawmakers must act because the American people deserve better.
Tiberi: Drug Abuse Devastates Families, Degrades Communities, and Undermines Parts of the Economy
Chair Pat Tiberi: “Drug abuse has become rampant in America and may be the worst the country has experienced. It is devastating families and degrading communities, and undermining parts of the economy."
Tiberi Statement on May Jobs Report
Today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the U.S. economy added 138,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in May and the unemployment rate is 4.3 percent. The labor force participation rate is 62.7 percent and the employment-to-population ratio is 60.0 percent.
Lee Delivers Opening Statement During Hearing on Social Capital
Joint Economic Committee Vice Chairman Mike Lee (R-UT) today delivered the following opening statement during a hearing on social capital entitled “What We Do Together: The State of Social Capital in America”:
ICYMI: Chair Tiberi Letter to the Editor - Taxes, regulations hold back US
To the Editor: I respectfully disagree with the Sunday letter “Supply-side economics do not work." There is no question that if we raise tax rates on businesses they will invest, produce and hire less.
Tiberi: Eight Years of Obama Administration’s Policies Have Constrained Our Economic Potential
U. S. Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, released a statement about the report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis that the U.S. economy grew 0.7 percent at an annualized rate in the first quarter of 2017.
Tiberi Statement on March Jobs Report
U. S. Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH), chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the employment report for March 2017 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
JEC Examines Declining Economic Opportunity, Disparate Recovery
Joint Economic Committee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) held a committee hearing entitled “The Decline of Economic Opportunity in the United States: Causes and Consequences” on April 5, 2017. At the hearing, JEC members discussed that despite a modest recovery, the economy continues to be weighed down b...
Tiberi Discusses Declining Opportunity and Regional Disparity During JEC Hearing
Joint Economic Committee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) delivered an opening statement during a hearing on the uneven economic recovery entitled “The Decline of Economic Opportunity in the United States: Causes and Consequences.”
JEC to Hold Hearing on The Decline of Economic Opportunity in the United States: Causes and Consequences
Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) today announced that the Joint Economic Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
