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Jobs Report (Executive Session)

2026-08-07 Issue 130 Showing 1–1 of 1

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Charles E. Schumer

Democrat

“The jobs report is bad. America lost jobs. It's Trump's fault. His agenda, tariffs, and war caused this. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Working Americans suffer from his policies. Jobs were lost last month. Fewer jobs were added than reported. Trump says it's the best economy ever. He's wrong and cruel. American people struggle while he doesn't care. Trump is failing. We're warning you.”

Official Congressional Record

Mr. President, on the job numbers this morning, the alarm bells on the sorry state of Trump's economy keep ringing and ringing. The jobs report this morning revealed America lost 23,000 jobs because of Trump's disastrous agenda, his tariffs, and his failed war. But that is not all. It got even worse. This morning's report also revealed that 103,000 fewer jobs were added in May and June than previously reported. So the total job loss reported is close to 130,000 jobs. The only person who ought to lose their job right now is Donald Trump. He is handling the economy so poorly with the chaos, the inconsistency, the lack of paying attention to the facts, the lying. It is all coming down to his doorstep. Trump sowed mayhem in our economy with his costly war, with his chaotic and inconsistent policies, and with his nonstop corruption, but he is not suffering the consequences; working Americans are. Donald, start doing your job so the American people stop losing theirs. Trump cost America 23,000 jobs last month, but he has the gall to call this ``the greatest economy we've ever had by far.'' What planet is he on? Does he not care at all about the people, the 300-and- some-odd million Americans he represents? He just thinks by saying these things it is true. Trump, when you say it is the greatest economy we have ever had and we have lost over 130,000 jobs in the last few months, you don't know what you are talking about. You are not in reality, and it is cruel and callous to the people who are no longer earning a salary. Americans are working multiple jobs just so they can feed and house their families. How are Americans supposed to afford Trump's skyrocketing costs if they lose their jobs too? Last week's news that economic growth is down and costs are up is a one-two gut punch to the American people, and this terrible jobs report is the uppercut that follows. Every red economic flag is waving; every warning light is flashing; and every alarm bell is ringing about Trump's catastrophic handling of the economy, and he is in la-la land not even paying attention to it and saying we have the greatest economy ever.

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