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Titus Statement on Nevada's Unemployment Rate

Statement

Date: March 20, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Business and Consumers Taxes Finance and Banking


Titus Statement on Nevada's Unemployment Rate

Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada's Third District released the following statement today on reports that Nevada's unemployment rate reached 10.1 percent in February.

"Since this economic recession began in December of 2007, Nevada has endured record foreclosures and an unemployment rate that has now hit double digits. This Congress inherited a deep economic crisis that will not turn around over night. We have already taken critical steps to put our nation on the path to recovery and will continue to make this our top priority.

"We passed a recovery package that will create millions of jobs across the country, including 34,000 jobs in Nevada. As part of one of the largest tax cuts in history, 95 percent of Americans will receive a tax cut. And we invested in critical needs such as aging infrastructure and education programs that are threatened by deep budget cuts.

"This important legislation marked the beginning of our efforts to fix our economy, and I stand committed to working to take Nevada and our nation in a new direction."


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