[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 151 (Thursday, November 18, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H7552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

  (Ms. BERKLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BERKLEY. Six months ago, I said the three most important issues 
in this country are jobs, jobs, jobs, and I said it 6 months before 
that. I say it now. But while we are working to restore our economy and 
put people back to work, we must extend unemployment benefits to the 
millions of Americans, our fellow citizens, who, through no fault of 
their own, find themselves unemployed.
  In my congressional district of Las Vegas in the State of Nevada, we 
have been particularly hard hit. People, through no fault of their own, 
they're not spoiled, they're not lazy, they've worked every day of 
their lives. They've got no job because the economy is so bad. These 
are the people, our fellow citizens, our next-door neighbors, our 
family members that we need to help by extending unemployment benefits.
  If we do not do this today, 27,000 Nevada families will have no way 
to put food on their families' tables. Their children will do without. 
They will not be able to pay their rent or put food on the table.
  We have an obligation to our fellow citizens that we must help them 
until we get this economy back where it needs to be.

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