John Tierney: “I am disappointed in the legislation that we are debating today, because this could have been much better. We are only…”

“I am disappointed in the legislation that we are debating today, because this could have been much better. We are only days after depressing job reports, the most depressing reports in decades, released by the Department of Labor showing we lost half a million jobs in the last 3 months. Instead, what the majority brings to this floor is an eviscerated, underfunded job training and workforce development bill. Tomorrow, the majority will bring to the floor a bloated tax bill, overwhelmingly weighted to the wealthiest Americans; and combined, this is what you are going to call a jobs program. Since January 2001, when the current President took office, this economy has lost 2.7 million jobs that are private sector jobs. It is a net loss of more than 74,000 jobs a month. The President is on track to have the worst job creation record for any President since World War II. Workers desperately need relief, the economy desperately needs a boost, and this bill does not provide it.”