Congressman Gregory W. Meeks Statement on the April Employment Report

(WASHINGTON, DC)–Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) released the following statement on the Labor Department’s April jobs report:

“I am pleased by today’s Labor Department report that shows the U.S. economy has added over half a million jobs in the last two months, and an average of 143,000 jobs per month in the first four months of this year. This growth demonstrates a stark contrast from the dark days of the final months of President Bush’s administration and the first quarter of 2009, when our economy lost over two million jobs and American families found their savings ravaged. While we are not completely out of the woods yet and more needs to be done to address the plight of middle class families, I am heartened by the positive trend in employment growth. Combined with the $5 trillion of wealth recovered since President Obama and the Democratic Congress passed the Stimulus package, the data irrefutably demonstrates that policies implemented by Democrats are reversing the economic crisis our country has suffered after years of Republican mismanagement.”