American Workers, Job Creators Continue to Thrive
‘[T]he Obama economy was a tough pill to swallow. Tax hikes. Burdensome regulations. Their policies cut against the rhetoric… When Vice President Pence lands in West Virginia today, he’ll be able to share a different story. He’ll be able to say that, thanks in part to regulatory relief and generational tax reform, the number of Americans saying now is a good time to find a quality job hit a 17-year high just two months ago.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the benefits Americans continue to see from the Republican pro-opportunity, pro-worker agenda:
“Later today, Vice President Pence will visit Wheeling, West Virginia to discuss Republicans’ pro-growth agenda. Now, for the better part of a decade, the people of West Virginia heard a lot of talk from Washington. During the 2008 presidential campaign, then-Senator Biden told a crowd in Charleston, West Virginia that he supported the coal industry and Democrats’ policies would help West Virginia’s economy. ‘This is about jobs,’ he said.
“But the Obama-Biden administration turned out to be a crash course in the difference between rhetoric and results. Across the entire private sector, fewer West Virginians were employed the day President Obama left office than on the day he was sworn in. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the state’s manufacturing workforce shrunk more than 13 percent from 2009 through 2016. And its mining and logging workforce collapsed by 37 percent.
“Let’s be clear: Public policy is not the only factor at work in our economy. But there is no denying that Washington D.C. can make life harder for job creators, or make it easier. And the Obama economy was a tough pill to swallow. Tax hikes. Burdensome regulations. Their policies cut against the rhetoric. And the outcome was disappointing. That was then. This is now.
“When Vice President Pence lands in West Virginia today, he’ll be able to share a different story. He’ll be able to say that, thanks in part to regulatory relief and generational tax reform, the number of Americans saying now is a good time to find a quality job hit a 17-year high just two months ago. He’ll be able to say that West Virginia’s unemployment rate has been lower in every month of this unified Republican government than it was during any month of the Obama presidency. It’s the American people who are achieving all this. Republicans are just happy that our policies are helping create the conditions for workers and job creators to thrive.
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