Statement on June Jobs Report

Statement

U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, released the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Labor announced the national unemployment rate for the month of June increased to 9.2 percent and the total number of unemployed Americans rose from 13.9 million in May to 14.1 million in June. The economy added just 18,000 jobs in June, the lowest nonfarm job growth in nine months.

Senator Snowe said:

"Under President Obama's Administration, we have seen 24 months of unemployment at or above nine percent. Americans are out of work because the Obama Administration is not hearing, seeing or acting on the problem. Last February, I urged Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and the President to lead the development of a plan to create an environment for positive job growth. The Secretary told me I was too "dark and pessimistic' about the state of our economy. Perhaps, in light of the June report, the Administration will change course."

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