WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) released the following statement on the Department of Labor’s July employment report. The U.S. economy added 163,000 jobs in July, including 172,000 private sector jobs and 25,000 manufacturing jobs:
“As we continue to recover from the worst economic crisis since the great depression, today’s jobs numbers are encouraging news. Yet the real story is that more work needs to be done – something that Republicans in Congress refuse to do.
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John B. Larson (CT) spoke on the House Floor today calling on House Republicans to step up for their constituents and do the right thing for middle class families by passing a middle class tax cut that can be signed into law immediately. Below are his remarks and a video of his speech:
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) held a press avail after the Democratic Caucus meeting this morning calling on the Republican leadership to act to help middle class families before it’s too late.
You can watch the avail and read the transcript below:
WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, House Democrats will rally with the public in support of the Democratic DARE (Disclose, Amend, Reform, Elect) agenda to clean up our electoral system and return power in Washington to the voters.
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) released the following statement today on the Senate vote to extend tax cuts for middle-class families without adding unnecessary tax breaks for the top 2%:
“With the Senate’s action today, the only thing standing in the way of a tax cut for middle-class families and American small businesses is the House Republican majority.
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) and Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra (CA) held a press avail after the Democratic Caucus meeting this morning calling on the Republican leadership to act to help middle class families before it’s too late. They were also joined by members of Larson’s Congressional Youth Cabinet to announce the introduction of a resolution calling on President Obama to institute a Presidential Youth Cabinet to help engage with America’s youth.
You can watch the avail and read the transcript below:
WASHINGTON – On MSNBC yesterday, House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) told Reverend Al Sharpton that when it comes to helping working class Americans, the Republican controlled Congress is frozen in the ice of their indifference.
Today, the House passed three bills to strengthen American manufacturing, put Americans back to work, and grow our economy. These bills join the SECTORS Act, which retrains American workers for good-paying jobs, as part of our recently announced Make it in America manufacturing strategy. Rebuilding our manufacturing industry is critical to our economic recovery because each new job in manufacturing creates four additional jobs throughout the economy.
A report out today by Mark Zandi, an economic advisor to John McCain and Chief Economist at Moodys.com, and Mark Blinder, an economics professor at Princeton and former Vice Chair of the Fed, found that “the U.S. economy has made enormous progress since the dark days of early 2009.”
Where do you turn when your health insurance company denies you coverage for care you really need? Until now millions of Americans had nowhere to go for help or would get caught up in a bureaucratic mess of an appeals process when they were turned down by their insurance company. But, today, the Obama Administration announced new regulations as part of our historic health care reform that would give many Americans access to a fair and honest appeals process for the first time.
After weeks of Senate Republicans stalling and obstruction Senate Democrats overcame their fillibuster to provide unemployment benefits for families across America.
But, unemployment benefits don’t just help the unemployed, they are one of the best ways to give the whole economy a boost and create jobs.
Today, President Obama signed into law the Restoring American Financial Stability Act – the most important regulatory overhaul of our nation’s financial system since the reforms that led to 60 years of sustained growth after the Great Depression.
For eight years, Wall Street played Russian roulette with America’s future while Republicans in Congress and President Bush looked the other way. This law ends bailouts for big Wall Street banks and protects consumers and the financial system from the damaging practices that got us into this mess.
Democratic Members of Congress took to the floor of the House en masse today to voice their determination to strengthen and support Social Security in the face of repeated Republican attempts to undermine and dismantle the program. The Republican plan would jeopardize our nation’s fiscal stability by increasing federal borrowing by more than $1 trillion.
This weekend, Republicans admitted that their economic plan for the future is more of the same failed Bush-Republican policies that got us into this mess. Take a look:
WASHINGTON – On MSNBC yesterday, House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) told Reverend Al Sharpton that when it comes to helping working class Americans, the Republican controlled Congress is frozen in the ice of their indifference.
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) released the following statement today on the Department of Labor’s June Jobs Report that the economy added 80,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate remained at 8.2 percent:
“Today’s disappointing job report is not surprising when you consider that it took the Republican House majority more than a hundred days to simply pass a bipartisan transportation bill to keep road and bridge repair work going.
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) released the following statement on the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act:
“The Supreme Court decision today is a great victory for children with pre-existing conditions, for women who have been unfairly discriminated against, and the start to providing a solid groundwork for ensuring that all Americans can get the care they need.
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT), one of the leading advocates for comprehensive campaign finance reform in the House, released the following statement on the Supreme Court decision to affirm the Citizens United ruling:
“I am deeply disappointed that, after seeing how harmful the torrent of unregulated, undisclosed, secret money they unleashed with Citizens United, the same five Justices have decided to double down and prevent states from acting to protect our elections when there is a clear cut need.
WASHINGTON – Noting that the clock is running out on the 112th Congress, House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) and Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra (CA) were joined by Congressman Tim Walz (MN) for a press avail after the Democratic Caucus meeting this morning to discuss the need to break the partisan gridlock to create jobs and get our country back to work by passing a transportation bill. You can watch the avail and read the transcript below:
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) released the following statement on the decision by the Administration to protect DREAM-eligible youth from deportation:
“I applaud President Obama and Secretary Napolitano. With immigration reform blocked by the Republican Congress, they made the right decision today to provide young people who would qualify for the Dream Act a little relief.
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) joined Susan Swain on C-SPAN Washington Journal this morning to discuss the economy and the lack of action on jobs by the Republican leadership.
