WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Finance and Banking committees, issued the below statement after President Trump announced he fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, following today’s jobs report:

“Today’s deeply troubling jobs report makes one thing plain: the American economy is faltering, and it’s Donald Trump’s reckless policies that are to blame. Job growth has stalled, prices are rising, and uncertainty is paralyzing American businesses.

“Now the president is trying to cook the books by firing the nonpolitical career civil servant who oversees the data, because he wants to hide the truth of his failed policies from the American people. 

“The jobs report confirmed what economists have been warning for months: President Trump’s chaotic trade war and erratic tariffs are slamming American businesses, stifling investment, and raising prices on families. And while working Americans are bearing the brunt, Trump’s partisan budget bill just handed massive tax cuts to the wealthiest while gutting Medicaid, raising health care premiums, and slashing food assistance for those who need it. 

“With each passing day, President Trump shows he is willing to sacrifice American workers, families, and now even the integrity of our economic data in order to cover up the consequences of his failures. 

“Firing the ump doesn’t change the score. Americans deserve to know the truth about the state of the Trump economy.”