[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11655]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              THE GOOD NEWS ON JOBS COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, the good news is 
the June jobs report has been described by some as a ``blockbuster'' 
and a ``great success,'' but it could have been better.
  In the June report, the economy added over 288,000 private sector 
jobs. That is five straight months in which 200,000 private sector jobs 
were added. This is the best performance since the boom years in the 
late 1990s.
  The good news is that unemployment is down to pre-recession levels, 
but the bad news is that it could have been better.
  Extending emergency unemployment benefits would have added another 
200,000 jobs, according to the Congressional Budget Office. This, 
combined with the government shutdown, fights over the debt ceiling, 
governing by crisis, all prevented job growth from being even stronger.
  Our economy has proved to be incredibly resilient. Imagine what we 
could do if 6 months from now we extended unemployment benefits; 
reauthorized the highway trust fund, which preserves another 700,000 
jobs; and reauthorized the Export-Import Bank. All of this would create 
jobs.
  Let's work together to create these jobs and pass these important 
programs.

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