Press Releases
Neal Statement on January 2025 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C.,
February 7, 2025
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) January 2025 jobs report: “First jobs report of the Trump era, and we will see a flood of Republicans celebrating a number that pales in comparison to the success of the greatest job creator in history: Joe Biden. The report proves that even in the face of great economic strength, Trump’s slowdown is on the way. Attacks on the workforce, rampant instability for small businesses with the Trump Trade War, and siphoning off entire industries will have real, devastating consequences, and that’s just what he lodged at the economy this week. When combined with the effects of an unpaid-for tax bonanza for the richest few, our economy will have been handed over to billionaires on the backs of our workers. The people deserve to have their needs put first, rather than the chaos coming from co-Presidents Trump and Musk.” ### |