Ranking Member Scott Statement on September Jobs Report

Statement

“Today’s jobs report demonstrates that, despite House Republicans’ extremism and inability to govern, the Biden-Harris economic agenda is working. In Congress, Democrats have prioritized legislation that puts people over politics and builds the economy from the bottom up and middle out. As a result, the unemployment rate has remained below four percent for the longest period of time in approximately 50 years.

House Republicans’ disarray, however, poses a real threat to the economy’s progress. With only minutes to spare, our economy averted a completely avoidable shutdown last week. A shutdown that would have cost the economy between an estimated $6 billion and $13.5 billion each week in lost economic activity.

We find ourselves once again roughly a month out from another potential government shutdown, and the House Republicans’ civil war continues to jeopardize the services Americans need. This level of dysfunction is completely unacceptable and out-of-sync with the priorities of working families, who are counting on their representatives to be responsible stewards of our economy. The American people deserve better.”

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