Hes a members member, always available for counsel, always with an encouraging word. How many of us have benefited from hisess tute advice. This chamber his astute advice. This chamber says thank you to a man who knows how to negotiate, who knows how to legislate and who knows how to foster great change. Hes a master of the art of compromise. His service has been honorable for over half a century. Hes been indefat kabul. Hes walked forth rightly in the shoes of his father before him and he served his nation nobly in this house and the people of michigan who reelected him 30 times. His service has established an historical record 59 years long of consistent dedication to liberty and to the people of our country. His torecally hes assumed historically hes assumed his place as a strong timber, a mast of the rules and decorum that should attend to our Privileged Service here. Hes a champion of the dignity of the house. Generations to come would be welladvised to emulate his service. He und
Montanas weve created over 200,000 jobs per months. Thats the first time weve had a streak of that with robust job creation since the 1990s. The 321,000 jobs we created in november brings the total number of jobs created just this year to 2. 65 million jobs. So with one month to go, weve already created more jobs, get this, than any year since the 1990s. Now those are some of the statistics about the job numbers you might read in u. S. A. Today. Manufacturing is the lynch pin of our economy. Adding 28,000 goodpaying jobs just last month. For a total of nearly 3 4 of a million new jobs. Wages as i mentioned have been stagnant. See a nice monthly gain of 0. 4 . We have not had a month this year when wages have fallen and for the First Time Since 2008 weve had four months where theyve grown at least 0. 3 . The average workweek increased to 34. 6 hours, meaning more workers are finding fulltime employment instead of parttime jobs. According to the Labor Department were seeing increasing tu