Now, I first introduced this bill because last October, Donald Trump did not publish the data. That's why it needs to be codified. That was the first time in the history of BLS that an administration, Republican or Democrat, skipped a month. Keep making history for all the wrong reasons. Previously, monthly data was published during federal government shutdowns, economic recessions, and a global pandemic, with Trump firing government officials when he doesn't like the data they publish. (03:39–03:46)
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Asserts that it was unprecedented for an administration to skip releasing monthly BLS data.
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