Senator Kennedy Spokesman On Declining Job Numbers

June 6, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, DC -- Anthony Coley, spokesman for Senator Edward M. Kennedy, released the following statement concerning today's jobs numbers, which showed a dramatic jump in the unemployment rate from 5.0 to 5.5 percent and an increase by 861,000 in the number of unemployed Americans (to a total of 8.5 million).

Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is the author of pending legislation to temporarily extend unemployment benefits for millions of Americans.

"There are now 8.5 million unemployed Americans who desperately need an extension of the unemployment benefits they’ve been receiving. Senator Kennedy has led the fight to provide this assistance to working families, and a veto-proof majority of the Senate has voted to do so. Senator Kennedy hopes the House will act favorably on this urgently-needed relief and send it to the President’s desk as soon as possible.”

Source: Senator Ted Kennedy

Bookmark/Search this post with:

 •    •    •    •    •    •    •    •    •    •    •    •