[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H45]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                BE FAIR

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, as I was home, I was asked to explain the 
payroll tax extension, and as I did it, it was clear to me. The 
Republicans in the House are toying with the wellbeing of the working 
people, the seniors, and our most vulnerable.
  Everyone will say we support a year's extension; the question is, how 
do we pay for it? The bipartisan Senate, only 10 voting ``no,'' gave us 
the 2-month extension to do that negotiation. It is time to pass a 
year's extension.
  People are watching this House. They want to be sure that we don't 
limit unemployment insurance benefits to those who only have a high 
school diploma because unemployment is an earned benefit for those who 
are unemployed through no fault of their own, and it would just not be 
fair.
  Mr. Speaker, be fair. Do not make our seniors, our most vulnerable, 
and the middle class pay for the extension because that just would not 
be fair.

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