Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) announced that he is investigating the Biden-Harris administration for “election interference” due to the inflated number of jobs.
The investigation comes as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data on job growth was vastly overestimated.
Elizabeth MacDonald asked Marshall, “You’ve also been leading the charge, demanding answers on why the government has been revising down, out of 14 of the last 20 months, the U.S. jobs numbers that have been inflated—they look better than they may be. What are you finding?”
Marshall said the revised data is “another example of election interference.”
“When we’re sitting there as Americans trying to decide, is the economy in good shape or not, are we better off today than we were four years ago? And they didn’t miss the mark by just a little bit on this jobs report.”
“They missed it by 30%. So these numbers are way off. And how that impacts a person is we’re sitting there waiting for the feds to adjust interest rates one way or the other, and that trickles down to a new homeowner when they’re trying to figure out what type of home they can buy as well,” he explained, noting that he is finding that there are “consistently bad numbers coming out of Washington, D.C.”
The senator added, “It’s almost statistically impossible to be off by 30%. This hasn’t happened in decades.”
Last month, Marshall led a letter to Department of Labor Deputy Secretary Julie Su, demanding that she provide an explanation for the overestimated number of jobs.
“Given the numerous downward jobs revisions published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) over the last two years, we are seeking information regarding the BLS’s methodology in estimating job numbers in addition to why the BLS has failed to accurately assess changes in labor participation,” the letter read.
These misleading numbers create a false impression for the public and cast doubt on the validity of the Bureau’s accuracy and legitimacy,” the letter added. “Had news reporters and outlets received the revised job numbers first each month, reporting and public perception of the job market may have changed. Given the woeful record of the Bureau over the last two years, it is time for the BLS to accurately assess labor participation at the outset and admit the fact that the number of full-time employed Americans decreased by 510,000 from July 2023 to July 2024.”
Senators Ted Budd (R-NC), Rick Scott (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) joined Marshall in the letter.
