[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9250]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  290,000 STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, the most recent report from the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics showed that the economy has taken another 290,000 
steps in the right direction. Two hundred ninety thousand, that's how 
many jobs the economy added in the month of April. This comes on top of 
the 230,000 jobs added in March.
  According to Commissioner Keith Hall from the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, there are now numerous bright spots, the trend is 
encouraging, and the growth is widespread. The growing consensus is 
that the economy is steadily improving, and that the private sector 
will continue hiring. This real possibility of hope on the job front is 
one of the reasons that an additional 800,000 people entered the labor 
force last month.
  As you can see from this chart, the declining red is the number of 
jobs lost in the prior administration. The blue shows the jobs and the 
trend in the right direction, showing that policy does matter. This V 
chart is not for victory, but it certainly shows that we are moving in 
the right direction. There is now reason to hope, and there is real 
progress on the jobs front.

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