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On the recordMay 9, 2018
last Friday, we got new numbers from the Labor Department in terms of jobs and how American workers are doing. The unemployment rate is now down to 3.9 percent. It is the lowest it has been in 17 years. One analyst from the network CNBC said: ``That's a wow number.'' The American economy has created 3 million jobs since President Trump took office. There are 3 million Americans who are now earning a paycheck instead of waiting for a government check. We have gotten 304,000 new manufacturing jobs since President Trump took office. There are 352,000 new construction jobs and 84,000 new jobs in the mining and logging industries. Compare this to when Democrats in Congress and in the last administration launched an all-out War on Coal. There are 84,000 new jobs in mining and logging. Republicans ended the War on Coal. We struck down a major Democratic regulation that would have crippled the mining industry. We showed industries like manufacturing, construction, logging, and mining that we want people doing these jobs. We want people back to work. Employers have responded all around the country by hiring more people, and that makes the economy grow. So far Republicans in Congress have gotten rid of 16 major regulations since President Trump took office--wiped them off the books completely. We have shown that Republicans are serious about cutting redtape and loosening Washington's stranglehold on our economy.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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May 9, 2018

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