Sen. Portman comments on June's unemployment report
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics report today showing that the unemployment rate again increased to 9.2 percent, U.S. Senator Rob Portman, R-Terrace Park, noted the report is more than simply statistics, it is families that continue to struggle.
“These are more than just disappointing numbers, these are families who continue to struggle to find the opportunities they need to make ends meet, and even these numbers don’t paint the full picture. There are millions more who have given up searching for a job, or are working part time while trying to find full time employment,” stated Portman.
“While we hear continued rhetoric and promises of a new focus on jobs from the Obama Administration, we have not seen the commonsense actions needed to get our economy really going again. The answer doesn’t lie in more government spending; Washington has already tried that.
“There is a better way to get Ohio and our country working again, but it will require the Administration to realize that more regulations, more spending and higher deficits have failed to turn this economy around.
"Instead of big-government approach to health care, regulations and our fiscal crisis, a strong economic recovery and lower unemployment will require new, pro-growth policies like those we’ve offered as part of the Senate Republican Jobs Plan <http://portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=6e0dad20…;,” said Portman, who recently drafted the plan as a way to jump-start our economy.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said, "today's report is more evidence that the misguided 'stimulus' spending binge, excessive regulations, and an overwhelming national debt continue to hold back private-sector job creation in our country."[[In-content Ad]]
“These are more than just disappointing numbers, these are families who continue to struggle to find the opportunities they need to make ends meet, and even these numbers don’t paint the full picture. There are millions more who have given up searching for a job, or are working part time while trying to find full time employment,” stated Portman.
“While we hear continued rhetoric and promises of a new focus on jobs from the Obama Administration, we have not seen the commonsense actions needed to get our economy really going again. The answer doesn’t lie in more government spending; Washington has already tried that.
“There is a better way to get Ohio and our country working again, but it will require the Administration to realize that more regulations, more spending and higher deficits have failed to turn this economy around.
"Instead of big-government approach to health care, regulations and our fiscal crisis, a strong economic recovery and lower unemployment will require new, pro-growth policies like those we’ve offered as part of the Senate Republican Jobs Plan <http://portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=6e0dad20…;,” said Portman, who recently drafted the plan as a way to jump-start our economy.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said, "today's report is more evidence that the misguided 'stimulus' spending binge, excessive regulations, and an overwhelming national debt continue to hold back private-sector job creation in our country."[[In-content Ad]]