[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15634]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        DISCOURAGING JOB NUMBERS

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, last Friday we got another employment 
report showing that American workers are losing out. Payroll employment 
growth was disappointing once again. Only 146,000 jobs were added in 
June, when market forecasters were expecting between 175,000 and 
200,000.
  Though the unemployment rate edged down, it was not because people 
are reentering the labor force. There still seems to be a great deal of 
hidden unemployment. Compared to the start of the recession in early 
2001, participation in the labor force now is actually 1.2 percent 
lower.
  A smaller proportion of the working age population has a job now 
compared to then. Worst of all, inflation is still outpacing wages, and 
the distribution of earnings is increasingly imbalanced.
  The signs are clear, workers are being shortchanged in this economic 
recovery, but this administration is standing idly by.

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