Leader Schumer: EJ Antoni For The Bureau Of Labor Statistics Is An Insult To Every American Family
New York, N.Y. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement on Trump’s nomination of E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
“Trump nominated E.J. Antoni to undermine the Bureau of Labor Statistics, knowing he’d lie for him. The BLS exists to report factual data, not to serve as Trump’s propaganda shop. This should not be a political issue, it’s about keeping our economic data honest, transparent, and independent.
“BLS data drives decisions that touch every single American household — whether interest rates go up or down, whether businesses hire or fire, whether prices rise or fall. Tampering with that data could destabilize markets, leading to chaos and uncertainty that could jack up borrowing costs, worsen inflation, and send the country into a recession. Antoni is wrong for the job and awful for Americans.”