[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 63 (Thursday, May 19, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 19, 1994]
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 PASSAGE OF REEMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1994 WOULD REVERSE WORKER DISLOCATION 
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  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, all of us have read the good news about 
jobs. Our economy is creating jobs--many of them good jobs. But, Mr. 
Speaker, for many working Americans the news is not good.
  This year, over two million working Americans will find themselves 
dislocated from their jobs--set adrift through downsizing, defense 
cuts, and fundamental structural shifts occuring throughout our 
economy. This is the highest rate of worker dislocation ever recorded 
in our history. The average length of unemployment for these dislocated 
workers is at near post-war records.
  Mr. Speaker, it is vital that we act to help these millions of 
workers make the connection to new and good jobs. The President has 
taken the first step. The Reemployment Act of 1994 takes our antiquated 
unemployment program transforms it into a reemployment system that 
would give dislocated workers, and other unemployed workers, the job 
search, counseling, training, education and income assistance they must 
have to connect with and compete effectively for good new jobs.
  Now it is up to us to work with the administration, pass the 
Reemployment Act, and get it to the President's desk for his signature 
this year. The 2 million Americans losing their jobs this year deserve 
no less.

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