[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 175 (Wednesday, December 11, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H7636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION EXTENSION ACT

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the nearly 40,000 
unemployed Nevadans at risk of losing their benefits if Congress fails 
to act before the end of the year.
  While our economy has slowly begun to recover from the recession and 
housing crisis, there are still 1.3 million fewer jobs today than when 
the recession started 6 years ago. Nearly 4 million jobless Americans 
have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks. And while a newly 
unemployed worker has a 20 to 30 percent chance of getting hired, a 
long-term unemployed worker has only a 1 in 10 chance of finding a new 
job in any given month.
  Cutting off a critical lifeline to those already struggling to make 
ends meet would be irresponsible and reckless, causing significant 
damage to our economic growth and costing our economy nearly 310,000 
jobs, including 3,000 in Nevada.
  I am proud to cosponsor the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 
Extension Act that would extend this vital program and related 
provisions for another year.
  So before Congress pats itself on the back about a budget deal, let's 
think about those families truly in need during these holidays and 
beyond.

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