Goodlatte Hammers Unemployment Report
Posted: February 1, 2013
Rep. Bob Goodlatte hammered the latest jobs report from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics today, claiming the slight increase in unemployment demonstrates the failure of President Barack Obama's economic policies.
“In the same week President Obama disbanded his Jobs Council, our unemployment rate ticked upward yet again,” Goodlatte said. “Today’s jobs report shows that the president’s lip service to job creation is not working, and that American workers need more than bureaucratic roundtables and fancy speeches to turn around the economy and help the private sector create jobs.”
The national unemployment rate, BLS reported, increased a shade from 7.8 percent in December to 7.9 percent in January, despite the economy's adding 157,000 non-farm jobs. BLS said the unemployment rate is “essentially unchanged.”
Goodlatte added that government growth and higher taxes “are not the path to job creation.”
“In the same week President Obama disbanded his Jobs Council, our unemployment rate ticked upward yet again,” Goodlatte said. “Today’s jobs report shows that the president’s lip service to job creation is not working, and that American workers need more than bureaucratic roundtables and fancy speeches to turn around the economy and help the private sector create jobs.”
The national unemployment rate, BLS reported, increased a shade from 7.8 percent in December to 7.9 percent in January, despite the economy's adding 157,000 non-farm jobs. BLS said the unemployment rate is “essentially unchanged.”
Goodlatte added that government growth and higher taxes “are not the path to job creation.”
