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On the recordJune 7, 2018
America is winning again. Earlier this week marked the 500th day of the Trump-Pence administration. Last Friday's new jobs report by the Department of Labor was a reminder of just how positive these first 500 days of the Trump administration have been for America. This is not just good news; this is great news for all Americans. A New York Times headline proclaimed: ``We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are.'' According to CNBC, the headline was: ``There are more jobs than people out of work, something the American economy has never experienced before.'' The front page of the New York Post was more succinct. It said: ``We're in the Money.'' Here are just a few snapshots: The national unemployment rate, down to just 3.8 percent, is now matching its lowest rate since 1969; More than 1 million new jobs have been created since President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December; More than 3.4 million new jobs have been created since the President took office, including 322,000 new jobs in manufacturing; More than 6.6 million job openings now exist throughout the United States. This is an all-time high. In that same New York Post edition, let me read to you some stats that I think are just outstanding. Let's look at unemployment in 2010 versus 2018, look at it by gender and by race. In 2010, 9.6 percent of men were on unemployment; in 2018, 3.5 percent. In 2010, 8.6 percent of women were unemployed; today, 3.3 percent.…
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Mike Kelly
Republican · Pennsylvania

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