[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6674]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  LET THE STATES LEAD ON JOB CREATION

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, a recent Monthly Labor 
Review report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reiterates that 
energy production and energy jobs are surging in parts of the country, 
including my home State of Pennsylvania.
  The report, which reviews employment trends from 2007 to 2012, 
states:

       Pennsylvania has seen a surge in natural gas production and 
     employment over the past 2 years, resulting in substantial 
     growth in terms of both employment and wages.

  Over the report's study period, Pennsylvania went on from being the 
tenth largest State by oil and natural gas employment in 2007 to being 
the sixth largest in 2012, and the Commonwealth also had the second 
largest employment increase over the same period, positioning itself 
only after Texas.
  We talk a lot about what Washington can do to boost growth and 
employment. Well, Mr. Speaker, this report speaks to the fact that we 
should allow private innovation in States like Pennsylvania to lead the 
way.

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