[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 74 (Monday, May 6, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S2625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                            Economic Growth

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, last week, the Department of Labor 
released its monthly scorecard for the U.S. workforce.
  The unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent, which is the lowest rate 
since December 1969--a new 50-year low. Moreover, an additional 263,000 
jobs were created. Job gains have averaged a robust 218,000 over the 
past 12 months. Additionally, for the ninth straight month, year-over-
year nominal wage gains have equaled or exceeded 3 percent.
  It is good to see this administration's tax reform and pro-growth 
policies continuing to improve the daily lives of all Americans.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.