Pelosi Statement on June Jobs Report

"June's job's report shows our economy continuing to move in the right direction, extending the longest uninterrupted stretch of private sector job creation in our history.  Yet again and again, the shutdowns and manufactured crises of the Republican Congress have put this progress at risk, costing our country jobs, weakening our economy, and undermining hard-working families.

"Earlier this week, Republicans forced the expiration of the Export-Import Bank's charter, endangering thousands of export-reliant jobs and small businesses across America.  House Republicans still have no plan for the long-term Highway and Transit Trust Fund bill needed to avert the crisis they punted to the end of this month — inaction that threatens hundreds of thousands of good paying construction jobs and critical infrastructure projects.  Republicans continue to advance deeply destructive appropriations bills that will cost our country good-paying jobs and choke off our investments in the future, driving our nation toward another government shutdown.

"House Republicans' utter disregard for these deadlines and their consequences is a heavy weight on the future of our economy and our country.  Hard-working families deserve better than a Congress that shows so little interest in their jobs, their wages and their communities.  Republicans should end their culture of crisis, and come together with Democrats to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank and make the long-term investments in infrastructure our economy needs."