Chairman Sessions Statement on January Jobs Report

Washington, DC – National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) today responded to the Department of Labor’s January unemployment report, citing only 36,000 new jobs created – far below the over 200,000 new jobs needed each month for real economic recovery:

“The number of new jobs remains painfully insufficient for nearly 14 million Americans still unemployed. Voters ended Democrats’ one-party rule of Washington and rejected their job-destroying policies because chronic unemployment across America is simply unacceptable. House Republicans are fighting to stop Democrats’ assault on American job-creators, taking the first steps in that process with votes to reduce government, cut spending and repeal the job-destroying health care law. It’s about time Washington Democrats understand that sustainable job growth means empowering the free enterprise system – not growing the size of government.”