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On the recordJune 6, 2018
last week I traveled all around my home State of Wyoming, and many Senators have done the same in their home States over the last week. I will tell my colleagues that the people I talked with had a great sense of optimism, confidence, and positiveness in terms of how things were going with their lives. People were feeling very positive about the American economy, about their own lives, and of course about their future. We just saw new numbers on Friday showing that the American economy has created more than 1 million new jobs since we passed the Tax Relief and Jobs Act in December. Since President Trump was elected, we have actually gotten more than 3 million more Americans working. Unemployment is now at 3.8 percent, and that matches the lowest rate in 50 years. Even the New York Times ran a headline saying: ``We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are.'' Think about that, the New York Times: ``We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are.'' Every month we have been adding thousands of new jobs in construction, in manufacturing, in healthcare, and mining. We have had strong and steady growth, and the American people and American families are benefiting in every part of the country. It is not just that people are getting jobs; it is that the jobs are paying better as well.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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Jun 6, 2018

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