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Press Briefing: Kevin Hassett Speaks to Reporters Outside the White House
Published by Roll Call on October 2, 2026.
Kevin Hassett's October 2 briefing outside the White House, in the Factbase transcript. The page template is dated April 22, 2024; the transcript heading is October 2, 2026.
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… <i class="fa-solid fa-circle-plus text-[#2F3C4B] cursor-pointer fa-xl" x-show="! openDetails"></i> </a> </div>--> </div> <div class=" flex-auto text-md text-gray-600 leading-loose">And the thing to remember is that private sector employment is still booming. What's happened is because we've reduced federal employment by 300,000 workers, then the numbers, uh, are a little bit lower if you don't account for that. And don't forget that the over the last two years under Joe Biden, especially right before the election, 50% of the job creation was hiring federal government workers.</div> </div> </div> <div class="" x-show="openDetails"> <div class=""> …
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- Payrolls rose by an estimated 29,000 in September, a change too small for the survey to tell from none · cited for his account that the jobs numbers are lower because federal employment is down 300,000
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