Bob Beauprez: “My colleagues, today in this city, in this Chamber, there are a whole lot of people saying hallelujah and holy cow…”

“My colleagues, today in this city, in this Chamber, there are a whole lot of people saying hallelujah and holy cow, because we have created some jobs, and there is news out saying just exactly that. Just a short while ago in this Chamber, we passed a transportation bill, and that transportation bill is going to put Americans to work, and it is going to put Americans to work building infrastructure that is critical to this Nation. Transportation is a jobs bill. But there are also numbers out from the Department of Labor that are really encouraging. We have heard that 308,000 jobs were added in the United States in the month of March. That is 308,000 new payroll jobs. Now, everybody has a right to say, well, what does that mean? Compared to what? That is the strongest number in 4 years, the strongest in 4 years. We have been through a bit of a tough cycle. Four years ago right now, we were in a recession. So 308,000 new jobs in the month of March and, in addition to that, numbers that we thought were a little softer than we expected in January and February have now been revised upward. So we are increasingly in better and better shape. Now, that is good news. That is good news.”