For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 7, 2001
President Urges Senate to Pass Economic Security Package
Statement by the President
Today's unemployment numbers are troubling, and they underscore that we
must act to ensure America's economic security. The most
important thing we can do for unemployed workers and those who are
concerned about their jobs is to get the economy
growing. The Senate has not acted on the economic security
package I proposed in October, and since then, over three-quarters of a
million Americans have lost their jobs. Today's important
economic warning demonstrates that American workers have already waited
too long, so I urge the Senate to take immediate action to help workers
and our economy.
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