[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 169 (Monday, December 2, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H7368]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               EXTENDING EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

  (Mr. LEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, this countdown clock at 
democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov says 25 days and 10 hours, and it is 
ticking. That is the countdown to an immediate cutoff of emergency 
unemployment insurance for 1.3 million Americans. Without an extension 
of this vital program, they will lose their entire coverage--every dime 
of it.
  Who are they? They are Americans laid off through no fault of their 
own, struggling to find jobs and recover from the worst economic crisis 
in 70 years. They are an estimated 20,000 veterans who have exhausted 
their State benefits after leaving the military and are unable to find 
work. They are mothers and fathers to an estimated 2 million children. 
And they are counting down to December 28.
  So far, the economic recovery has left them behind. Congress must not 
simply do so as well. We must extend this vital insurance.

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