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Coats, JEC to Hold Tax Day Hearing

Committee Will Hear From Small Business Owners About Taxes, Growth

Chairman Coats Statement on March Employment Numbers

Joint Economic Committee Chairman Dan Coats (R-Ind.) issued the following statement regarding today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that the U.S. economy added 126,000 nonfarm payroll jobs (129,000 in the private sector) and the labor force participation rate ticked down to 62.7% ...

Coats Presses Furman on President's Willingness to Engage in Deficit Reduction

Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), the Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), today questioned Jason Furman, the Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, during a JEC hearing on “The Economic Report of the President.”

Coats Opening Statement: The Economic Report of the President

Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), the chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), today delivered the following opening statement during a hearing examining the Economic Report of the President

Chairman Coats Releases JEC Review of the Economic Report of the President

Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, released the following statement after filing the Committee's Joint Economic Report. “Despite good intentions, many of the policies that the administration details in the Economic Report of the President would do very little to promote...

Coats Statement on February Employment Numbers

Joint Economic Committee Chairman-designate Dan Coats (R-IN) issued the following statement regarding today's report from the BLS that the U.S. economy added 295,000 nonfarm payroll jobs during February.

Working Family Stress Index Declines to Lowest Level Since January 2011

Rep. Kevin Brady, chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC) commented on the large decline in the committee’s Working Family Stress Index during November. During November, the Working Family Stress Index declined by 3.8 points to 25.6, its lowest level since January 2011. The ...

A Potomac Side-Step

Rep. Kevin Brady, chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC) commented on today’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement.

After a Strong Jobs Report, Fed Should Begin to Normalize Policy Now

Rep. Kevin Brady, chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC) commented on today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that the economy added 321,000 nonfarm payroll jobs (314,000 in the private sector) during November and that the unemployment rate remained unchanged a...

Brady calls on President Obama to work with Republicans to Accelerate Growth

Rep. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee commented today’s employment situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that the economy added 214,000 nonfarm payroll jobs (209,000 in the private sector) and the unemployment rate ticked down to 5.8% during ...