Private-sector employment up in 27 states and D.C.;
Hourly earnings up in 29 states and D.C. over past year
Hourly earnings up in 29 states and D.C. over past year
Ranking Member Carolyn Maloney, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, and Dr. Alan Blinder held a telephone press conference on Dr. Blinder's paper which says that the superior economic performance under Democratic presidents holds “almost regardless of how one measures performance.”
“The numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau today prove that the U.S. economy is strong and growing even stronger. President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats have done an incredible job of pulling this country out of the enormous hole that the President inherited."
Ranking Member Maloney called for improving long-term economic growth by investing in education and infrastructure. “History is instructive,” she said. “Investing in broad-based economic growth was at the core of America’s success in the decades after World War II.”