On the recordMarch 5, 2018
I would just say the last year of the Obama administration, there were 196,000 jobs created per month. First year of the Trump administration is 171,000 per month. So, in fact, job growth slowed.
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DeLauro compares job growth statistics between the Obama and Trump administrations.
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