[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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              2025 ECONOMIC REPORT AND MANUFACTURING JOBS

  (Mr. MAGAZINER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, 2025 was one of the worst years for job 
growth in decades. In fact, if you don't count COVID, the United States 
created fewer jobs last year than any year since 2009. You don't need 
data. Just ask anyone who has been looking for a job. They will tell 
you no one is hiring.
  This weak economy is a direct result of President Trump's policies: 
the crazy tariffs that are raising costs for businesses and consumers, 
massive cuts to healthcare, and the political attacks on clean energy 
that are driving up energy costs.
  The President claimed that his tariffs would help American 
manufacturing, but instead we have lost 72,000 manufacturing jobs since 
Liberation Day, after years of gains.
  What is the President focused on as working people struggle? He is 
focused on building himself a new ballroom, naming the Kennedy Center 
after himself, trying to take over Greenland, and selling 
cryptocurrency out of the White House to enrich himself. None of this 
creates jobs or lower costs for you or the millions of Americans who 
are struggling. It is time for the President to focus on the real needs 
of the American people.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are again reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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