Jobs
June 6th, 2018
The Department of Labor issued a report last week that the unemployment rate dropped to 3.8 percent, the lowest it’s been in 18 years. With almost one million jobs created since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law...
May 17th, 2018
Yesterday, I joined Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio’s “The Brian Kilmeade Show” to discuss the economy, tax reform, and the need to get Americans off of the sidelines and back into the workforce. On jobs coming back...
May 11th, 2017
Last week, Rob Wittman (R-VA), Gene Green (D-TX) and Allen Lowenthal (D-CA), and I introduced legislation (H.R. 2286) intended to advance the capabilities of two-year community and technical colleges to...
November 9th, 2011
After Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich finished with the bloggers in the TexasGOPVote blogger room, we were joined by Gingrich adviser Peter Ferrara. Ferrera discussed a wide variety of economic topics with several of the...
June 5th, 2018
During the Obama administration the hiring policy/process for air traffic controllers was changed — radically changed. For the average person to get their head wrapped around this insane policy should be ...
January 31st, 2018
I released the following statement in response to President Trump’s State of the Union address:
October 15th, 2012
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have made their bailout of General Motors Company (GM) the shining star on their re-election tree. Their claim is they saved the jobs of GM employees.
July 1st, 2009
In a compelling Washington Post article (subscription required) Fortune magazine editor at large Geoff Colvin reminds us that "what's politically irresistible is economically nonsensical".