Pelosi Statement on June Job Numbers

Pelosi Statement on June Job Numbers

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on unemployment numbers for June issued today by the Department of Labor.

â€Å"Today's unemployment numbers are another reminder of the years of failure to invest in making Americans the most highly educated and innovative workforce in the world-and years of delay on affordable health care and the clean energy jobs and industries that will sustain our economy for years to come. In full partnership with President Obama, Congress must continue to strengthen and transform America's economic foundation and improve our competitiveness, and we must do so in a fiscally responsible way.

â€Å"We took the first critical step by passing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act earlier this year. Economists tell us unemployment numbers would be worse without the Recovery Act, but that is no consolation for the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs. Last week, the House passed a comprehensive energy solution that will create millions of clean energy jobs, and we will reform our health care system to lower costs for America's families and businesses.

â€Å"This is a time for bold, bipartisan action because Americans who are losing their jobs, homes and health care cannot afford wait.”