WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement following a new report showing the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) overcounted job growth by 911,000 jobs from March 2024 through March 2025. It is the largest BLS revision since 2002. This comes after the BLS revised the May and June jobs numbers by a combined 280,000 jobs.
“Jobs reports have always required revisions, but the initial numbers continue to get less and less accurate,” said Dr. Cassidy. “When BLS fails to deliver accurate jobs data, it has serious implications for the economy and families’ pocketbooks. Policymakers are unable to make informed decisions.”
“The status quo is not working. BLS cannot continue to use the same process and expect a different outcome,” continued Dr. Cassidy. “President Trump made clear he wants to fix BLS so it can deliver accurate, reliable economic data that the American people can trust. This highlights the need for the HELP Committee to work with the administration to fix this problem.”
Last year, Cassidy led Senate Republicans in holding BLS accountable for its continued failures to produce accurate national jobs data.
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