Boehner on March Jobs Report

Statement:

WASHINGTON, DC – After the U.S. Department of Labor released its monthly employment report showing that the economy lost 663,000 jobs in March, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement:

“Middle-class families and small businesses are hurting, and too many Americans have lost their jobs. The American people are looking for real solutions that will help create jobs, rebuild savings, and create more investment in our economy, yet the policies Democrats are pursuing in Washington will actually destroy more jobs and exacerbate the problem. Yesterday we saw yet another example with passage of the massive Democratic budget that spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much from our children and grandchildren.

“Republicans know we can’t spend our way back to prosperity, and we certainly can’t achieve prosperity by saddling our children and grandchildren with mountains of debt. That’s why Republicans offered an economic plan focused on encouraging investment and allowing families and small businesses to keep more of what they earn that would have created twice the jobs – 6.2 million – at half the cost of the Democrats’ pork-laden ‘stimulus’ bill. We also proposed a fiscally-responsible budget blueprint that curbs spending, create jobs, and controls debt. Republicans want to work with the President and our Democratic colleagues in Congress on better solutions to help put Americans back to work, rebuild their savings, and gain confidence in our economy once again, and we hope they do so.”