10.30.09
“Today’s report answers every critic out there asking ‘where are the jobs?’ While this data only gives a partial picture of the hundreds of thousands of jobs that have been directly created or saved, it does show Recovery dollars are getting workers back on the job and our economy growing again. Although we still have a long way to go, which includes additional measures to spur job growth and provide displaced workers with benefits, education and job training, today’s report and yesterday’s GDP numbers are proof that we are moving in the right direction.”
The data released today accounts for only 18 percent of Recovery Act funds, and only reflects direct jobs created by those investments. It does not account for indirect jobs created by these funds, or jobs that could be created in the near future by these investments.
Chairman Miller: Recovery Act Reporting Shows Us the Jobs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and a key architect of Recovery Act investments intended to help save teaching jobs, today issued the following statement after the White House released reports showing the Recovery Act is on track to creating and saving 3.5 million jobs by next fall.“Today’s report answers every critic out there asking ‘where are the jobs?’ While this data only gives a partial picture of the hundreds of thousands of jobs that have been directly created or saved, it does show Recovery dollars are getting workers back on the job and our economy growing again. Although we still have a long way to go, which includes additional measures to spur job growth and provide displaced workers with benefits, education and job training, today’s report and yesterday’s GDP numbers are proof that we are moving in the right direction.”
The data released today accounts for only 18 percent of Recovery Act funds, and only reflects direct jobs created by those investments. It does not account for indirect jobs created by these funds, or jobs that could be created in the near future by these investments.
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