WASHINGTON – Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today regarding the latest unemployment report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Job growth is not as strong as it can be because job creators are simply not as confident in this economy or its future as they should be. By any historical standard, our recovery should be booming and new jobs should be flourishing by now. Instead, because of the president’s failed policies, job growth is not even keeping pace with population growth as we remain stuck in the longest period of 8 percent-plus unemployment since the Great Depression.

As the son and grandson of farmers, I grew up working on my family’s farm. In fact, my first job was cleaning out chicken houses at the age of 12, so I understand that small farmers and ranchers face enough challenges. The last thing they need is unelected, unaccountable Washington bureaucrats adding even more burdensome federal rules. That is why I am pleased to report that—thanks to outcry from farmers and ranchers in East Texas and across the country—the Department of Labor (DOL) has withdrawn a proposed rule imposing a new, unnecessary, job-killing regulation that would have had a devastating impact on the economy of our rural communities.

I had the privilege last week to travel across the 5th District, visiting with constituents and hearing their concerns. One of their major concerns was the high cost of energy. East Texas families and job creators are struggling to fill up their pickup trucks and their cars. They are struggling to take their children to school and their elderly parents to the doctor.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today regarding the new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirming that President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 would stunt economic growth and stifle job creation.

Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), House Republican Conference Chairman, issued the following statement today regarding the passage of the House Republican budget, the “Path to Prosperity,” a part of the House Republican Plan for America’s Job Creators.

Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today to mark the second anniversary of the signing of President Obama’s health care reform legislation into law. The House has since voted to repeal the law as part of the House Republican Plan for America’s Job Creators.

WASHINGTON— Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks on the House floor today in support of the JOBS Act. Hensarling—who serves as co-chairman of the House Financial Services Committee where the bills included in the package originated—managed debate on the bi-partisan legislative package that will help small businesses and entrepreneurs access vital equity capital and put Americans back to work.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05), Chairman of the House Republican Conference, released the following statement in response to testimony today by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at a meeting of the House Financial Services Committee, where Hensarling serves as Vice-Chair.

Congressman Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, today issued the following statement marking tomorrow as the third anniversary of President Obama signing the trillion-dollar economic “stimulus” bill into law. “The stimulus is a stark reminder of how the president got the policies he wanted, and how those policies have failed the American people and are making things worse.

Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks on the House floor today in support of H.R. 3581, the Budget Accounting and Transparency Act of 2012.