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Hillary Clinton Campaign Press Release - Today's Jobs Report—and 11 Other Numbers That Show How Far We've Come Under President Obama

April 01, 2016

We can't let Republicans rip it all away.

The latest jobs report has great news for the economy: 215,000 were added in March—extending the longest streak of private-sector job growth in U.S. history.

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Private-sector jobs have been added to the economy since President Obama took office.

That's just one of the tremendous gains we've made under President Obama. Here are 11 other numbers that show just how far we've come.


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Months of straight private-sector job growth under President Obama's leadership

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Americans newly insured under the Affordable Care Act

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Women receiving preventive health services with no out-of-pocket costs

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America's uninsured rate—the lowest in at least 50 years

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Annual out-of-pocket cost for birth control with health insurance

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The age to which young adults can stay on their parents' health insurance

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Dollars returned to consumers by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created under President Obama's watch

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States where marriage equality is now law

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Open U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba—for the first time in 54 years

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Nations that signed the landmark climate change agreement in Paris

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Republicans running for president who would dismantle the progress made under President Obama

 

The next election will determine whether we preserve and build on the progress we've made—or allow Republicans to rip it away.

Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Campaign Press Release - Today's Jobs Report—and 11 Other Numbers That Show How Far We've Come Under President Obama Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/326289

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