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Bishop Releases Statement on Updated Unemployment Numbers-10.2%

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Washington, Nov 6 - Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released October’s updated unemployment numbers, which reflect the ongoing struggles hard-working Americans are facing during this time of economic instability.  

“This weekend, Democrats in Congress will have us take up the largest, most expensive and frankly most destructive overhaul of healthcare that this country has ever seen.  What more will it take for the Democrats to recognize that our number one priority right now should be putting Americans BACK TO WORK, not bankrupting them for generations to come?” said Congressman Bishop. “I don’t operate under any false illusion that Democrats are required to actually address the priorities of this country when they control every branch of the federal government, but the time has come for them to table their extreme political agenda so that we may reverse the direction in which they have us headed.  Instead of implementing their job-killing policies, we must work toward finding viable solutions that actually create jobs instead of destroy them.”

According to the BLS, in October, the number of unemployed Americans increased to 15.7 million.  The unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage point to 10.2 percent, the highest rate since April 1983.