OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Brown Statement On December Jobs Figures

Statement

Date: Jan. 9, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Economy and Fiscal


Brown Statement On December Jobs Figures

Nation Loses Jobs for Twelfth Straight Month

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) today reported that payroll numbers in December fell by 533,000 - for the twelfth straight month of job loss in the country. The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 7.2 percent, from 6.8 percent in November.

In response, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) issued the following statement:

"Today marks the twelfth straight month of job loss for our country. In just two months alone, more than one million Americans lost their jobs. We are not only talking about numbers or percentages when it comes to unemployment. We are talking about families with mortgages and health care costs.

Ohioans don't need statistics to tell them about the state our economy. Just this week, our state's unemployment system crashed. Thousands of Ohioans are in need of assistance, and we need to act now. I will continue to work to pass an economic recovery plan that creates jobs and invests in the middle class."


Source
arrow_upward