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SCHAKOWSKY TO PRESIDENT BUSH: WHERE ARE THE JOBS?WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today responded to the latest unemployment figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including the increase loss in manufacturing jobs.
"President Bush has the worst job creation record since the Great Depression and his Administration has gone 32 months without creating a single new net private sector job - the longest job slump since Herbert Hoover. Nine million Americans are without work, and since President Bush took office, three million private sector jobs have been lost," Schakowsky said.
DECEMBER 3, 2003
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
PRESCRIPTION DRUG BILL
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on the Medicare drug bill slated to be signed by President Bush on Monday, December 8, 2003.
In a USA Today letter to the editor, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Tom Scully, wrote:
DECEMBER 2, 2003
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
JOBS AND THE ECONOMY
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on jobs and the economy.
During a trip to Michigan yesterday, President Bush addressed the nation's economic conditions and stated "Things look pretty good."
However, according to today's report by the Center for American Progress:
DECEMBER 1, 2003
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
PRE WAR INTELLIGENCE IN IRAQ
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on the pre-war intelligence used by the Bush Administration to go to war in Iraq.
According to a Washington Post article published on November 29, 2003:
NOVEMBER 25, 2003
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
EXTENDING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on extending unemployment benefits set to expire on December 31, 2003.
NOVEMBER 24, 2003
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
WINNERS & LOSERS UNDERGOP MEDICARE DRUG BILL
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on the recently passed Republican Medicare prescription drug bill.
On Saturday, November 22, during his weekly radio address, President Bush said:
NOVEMBER 22, 2003
SCHAKOWSKY ISSUES WARNING
TO REPUBLICANS FOLLOWING
PASSAGE OF SHAM MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BILL
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued a warning to her Republican colleagues early this morning after they voted for legislation that will dismantle Medicare, do little to reduce the price of drugs, and cost millions of senior more than they pay now for prescriptions, while generating $130 billion in windfall profits for drug companies.
"If you voted for this bill, you better put on your running shoes, because senior citizens are coming after you," Schakowsky said.