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Joint Economic Committee Democrats Chairman - Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

Issue Briefs

Jul 26 2024

Fusion Energy Could Supercharge the Economy

Energy powers the economy. Harnessing fusion—the same process the sun uses to create energy—could transform the U.S. economy by providing a reliable, low-risk, low-waste power source that is flexible enough to meet essentially all our electricity needs.

Jul 23 2024

Predatory Private Equity Practices Threaten Americans’ Health and the Economy

Predatory investment practices threaten U.S. health care and block Americans from economic success. While finance plays an important role in our economy, harmful practices by unregulated private equity (PE) firms can shut workers out of good-paying jobs and threaten Americans’ health. New Mexico was recently ranked the state most threatened by the negative impacts of private equity, largely due to the outsized role PE firms have in the state’s health care system. The top 10 states most at risk of negative impacts from PE are in the southern and western United States. Every state, however, is at risk of these harms.

Jul 02 2024

El Crecimiento de las Pequeñas Empresas Está Aumentando Más con los Demócratas que con Trump

Cuando más empresarios pueden establecer y desarrollar sus propios negocios, genera oportunidades económicas, crea trabajos locales, fortaleza la clase media, y diversifica nuestra economía. Los demócratas en el Congreso aprobaron inversiones esenciales para la recuperación económica y la construcción de infraestructura, que creó la fundación para un récord de 16 millones de solicitudes de nuevas empresas entre 2021 y 2023. Este aumento significativamente supera el crecimiento de empresas nuevas durante la presidencia de Trump, o cualquier otro expresidente republicano. Las políticas de los demócratas están funcionando favorablemente para los dueños de pequeñas empresas por todo el país y la nueva etapa de oportunidades económicas ya ha empezado.

Jun 20 2024

Incomes Are Rising Faster Than Prices Throughout the Country

Wages and salaries have risen significantly throughout the United States since January 2021. Updated calculations by the JEC Democrats find that average U.S. wages and salaries grew by nearly $16,700 between January 2021 and April 2024, outpacing price growth during that period by nearly $3,800.