Allowing Job Creators to Thrive

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released unemployment data for February 2016: Today’s jobs report shows that more Americans are back to work and our workforce continues to improve. However, it’s also a reminder of why we need to do better. Exceeding low expectations is not good enough for the tens o... Read more »

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released unemployment data for January 2016: The American people know there is a lot of potential for the economy to do better. Stagnant wages, higher health care costs, and a lack of full-time jobs are still very real challenges facing many middle-class families. The... Read more »

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released unemployment data for December 2015: It is always good to hear that more Americans are back to work, but we cannot forget the very real challenges countless men and women continue to face. Millions of workers are unemployed or unable to find full-time jobs, a... Read more »

U.S. House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for November: Job creation remains slow as economic uncertainty continues to weigh down the nation’s workforce. The difficult reality reflected today’s jobs report will worsen if we plunge over the fiscal cliff. It’s time ... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for October: Results matter. And today’s employment report shows the American people have not been given the results President Obama promised. Instead of unemployment below 6 percent and a robust job market, Americans now face record d... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for September: Creating 104,000 private sector jobs is certainly welcome news, but more than three years into the so-called ‘recovery,’ these modest gains are simply not enough. Millions of families across the country still face seriou... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for August: August marked the 43rd consecutive month unemployment remained above 8 percent. Today’s jobs report also reveals more than 360,000 Americans dropped out of the labor force and simply gave up searching for work. Instead of h... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for July: Forty-two straight months of unemployment above eight percent is a painful indictment of the president's failed policies. Whether it's implementing a government takeover of health care, rolling back successful welfare reforms... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for June: Another month of sluggish job growth offers more proof that the president’s tax-and-spend policies are destroying opportunities for workers and undermining employers’ ability to hire and invest in their businesses. Last week’... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for May: “News that the unemployment rate ticked back up to 8.2 percent is nothing short of devastating for millions of Americans desperate for jobs. The economy is losing steam and much of the blame lies in the Obama administration’s ... Read more »