Rep. Blunt Celebrates Strong Job Gains

WASHINGTON, March 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) today celebrated sustained job growth, as the Department of Labor announced that a strong U.S. economy created 243,000 new jobs in February, bringing the total of new jobs for American workers to nearly 5 million since May 2003.

Blunt attributed the job creation to Congressional efforts to remove the economic barriers of taxation, litigation and regulation, saying, "Our agenda in the House is creating jobs and opportunity for Americans. We've lowered taxes to grow ...

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