[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11489]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         JOBS REPORT MISLEADING

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, according to Investor's 
Business Daily:

       From the media to Wall Street, June's jobs report is being 
     spun as a major positive, a sign the economy is back on 
     track. Maybe the pundits should look at the actual numbers, 
     which are abysmal. At June's pace of 195,000 new jobs a 
     month, it will take 11 months to get back to where we were in 
     2007. It's even worse when you consider all of the net 
     addition to June jobs--repeat, all--were part time. The 
     underemployment rate shot up from 13.8 to 14.3 percent. This 
     isn't a solid jobs report. It's a crisis.

  House Republicans have passed legislation to promote jobs. Building 
the Keystone pipeline alone can create nearly 200,000 jobs. In the 
Midlands of South Carolina, the earthmover tires made by Michelin 
Corporation are shipped to Alberta, Canada, for oil sand recovery. At 
12 feet high and $60,000 for each tire, there are over 300 jobs in 
Lexington, with another 300 persons building engines for Alberta at MTU 
in Graniteville of Aiken County.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.
  Happy 40th birthday today, South Carolina Attorney General Alan 
Wilson.

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