WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), today released a JEC report examining the threat of international trade on service-industry jobs and the role that Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) plays in providing financial and job training assistance to affected workers. The report, entitled “Trade Adjustment Assistance: Helping Workers Harmed by Global Competition in the Market for Services” highlights the importance of an educated workforce to protect jobs and enhance economic growth.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after presiding over a hearing entitled “Fiscal Cliff: How to Protect the Middle Class, Sustain Long-Term Economic Growth, and Reduce the Federal Deficit:”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released the November edition of its state-by-state snapshots which detail each individual state’s economic progress for the previous month. The report shows that more than two out of three states recorded private sector job gains in October and nationally, 184,000 private sector jobs were added.

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ September 2012 jobs report showing that 114,000 total nonfarm jobs were added and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent.