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Hagan comments on NC jobs report
Story Date: 4/2/2012
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Source: U.S. Senator Kay Hagan, 3/30/12
U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (NC) commented today on North Carolina’s employment situation. The N.C. Department of Commerce Labor and Economic Analysis Division reported that the state’s unemployment rate decreased to 9.9 percent in February, down from a revised January rate of 10.2 percent.
“Today’s announcement that North Carolina saw an increase of 47,000 non-farm jobs compared to this time last year and an increase of 8,300 jobs over the last month is a signal that our economy is moving in the right direction. But for over 440,000 North Carolinian’s still out of work, our country needs to make more progress on jobs now. That is why for the last nine weeks I have been carrying out my North Carolina Back to Work Jobs Tour - visiting community colleges, small businesses, job fairs, manufacturing plants and workforce development offices - to hear ideas and concerns that will get the people of our state back to work right now.
“On Monday, as part of my North Carolina Back to Work Jobs Tour, I will be hosting a Regulatory Fairness Forum for our state’s small businesses in Winston-Salem. I am holding the forum to ensure that Congress and the Small Business Administration are doing everything possible to help our small business owners cut through government red tape. I believe our small businesses shouldn’t be subject to the whims of the federal bureaucracy. The federal government should be responsive to the needs of our small businesses so that they can concentrate on growing their businesses and getting the people of North Carolina back to work.
“I am proud to be able to bring North Carolina’s pro-business, pro-growth and pro-jobs ideas that I have heard on this tour with me back to Washington. Earlier this month, I worked with my colleagues to get Congress out of the way of progress and supported the passage of a pro-business jobs bill. The bill is a package of job creation measures, including legislation that I cosponsored, which will make it much easier for small businesses to raise money and go public. This week I worked with my colleagues to pass a transportation bill that will help sustain nearly 41,000 North Carolina jobs and nearly 3 million American jobs.
“I’m going to continue this North Carolina Back to Work Jobs Tour and continue bringing North Carolinians’ pro-jobs ideas back to Washington because the unemployed can’t wait until after the elections for answers to where they can find steady paychecks.”
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