Neal Statement on August 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 August 2026 jobs report:

“Republicans looked at your out-of-control prices, including the most expensive August at the gas pump and for diesel on record, and decided to give up and go home. They have offered nothing for workers as paychecks still can’t keep up with the President’s inflation, and families are forced to run up their credit cards and drain their savings at record rates to stay afloat. In fact, the White House’s message is to be grateful that things aren’t even worse. The people deserve leaders who don’t ask less of them but more of themselves.

“Trump and House Republicans made this economy too difficult to get by in, never mind get ahead. But for them, crushing you is worth it so long as those at the top can keep cashing in."

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