Majority Leader Hoyer Issues Statement on December Jobs Report
January 11, 2020
January 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on the December jobs report:
"December's jobs report marks the last report of a decade that began with unemployment near 10% as we reeled from the worst of the Great Recession. That decade now ends amid an economic expansion marked by 111 consecutive months - more than nine years - of job growth. While President Trump will continue to claim credit for a strong economy, this mon . . .
"December's jobs report marks the last report of a decade that began with unemployment near 10% as we reeled from the worst of the Great Recession. That decade now ends amid an economic expansion marked by 111 consecutive months - more than nine years - of job growth. While President Trump will continue to claim credit for a strong economy, this mon . . .