Press Releases

Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) May 2025 jobs report:

“The warning signs are here: revisions quietly wiped out 95,000 jobs from the past two months and participation in the labor force shrunk. The President is sowing cracks underneath the resilient economy he inherited—his irresponsible flip-flopping tariff agenda, his careless weaponization of government, and a White House filled with chaos undermines our economic strength with more seriousness each day. While workers and families brace for what’s next, the Administration, enabled by Republicans in Congress, is trying to speed up the damage with a cruel and destructive tax bill that will rip health care from 16 million people, shutter hospitals across the country, and deliver another windfall to the wealthy. Even Elon Musk is warning of a recession ahead. Trump’s reckless economic agenda is inching us closer to the full weight of his mismanagement— where the economy will buckle and millions of Americans will get socked with the consequences.”

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