July 22, 2011

 Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement on Nevada’s unemployment rate in June:

“After five months of decreasing unemployment in Nevada, today’s report is disappointing and a clear indication that job creation must continue to be the top priority.  Unfortunately, Republicans in Washington have their priorities upside down, supporting the so-called ‘Cut, Cap and Balance Act’ that not only kills Medicare and undermines Social Security, but will destroy nearly one million jobs nationwide.  We need to work together to create good paying jobs in the state -- not pursue an ideological agenda that will send more Nevadans to the unemployment lines.”