Neal Statement on April 2026 Jobs Report

SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the April 2026 jobs report:

“Zoom out and the story of this report is clear: a job market stagnant, with constant revisions that cancel out any steps forward, wages that can’t keep up with the President’s inflation, and younger workers struggling to enter the workforce. Americans have had all they can handle from the Trump economy.

“Everywhere you turn there’s a Trump price hike waiting. With 50% higher prices at the pump and the cost to fly going up 20%, families are feeling the weight of his failures. The already-high grocery prices are only going up as farmers and businesses must contend with Trump spiking the cost of fertilizer and diesel. How are families supposed to weather something an airline couldn’t? 

“Republicans remain on the sidelines as families pay the price for Trump’s iron fist. Their latest budget proposal is more betrayal, with nothing to rein in this pain. Instead, a blank check for a lawless immigration agenda and $1 billion for a ballroom that Trump promised taxpayers they’d never foot the bill for. With Republicans in charge, it’s all broken promises and no results for you."

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