[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE EXTENSION

  (Mr. VARGAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VARGAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask that today we extend the crucial and 
critical unemployment insurance lifeline to the 1.3 million jobless 
Americans who have already lost coverage. In California alone, 214,000 
people have already lost their unemployment coverage, including almost 
19,000 people in San Diego County and 3,500 people in Imperial County.
  With unemployment unacceptably high, now is not the time to take 
money out of the pockets of those who are struggling to find work. 
Unemployed Americans are actively looking for work but, unfortunately, 
are unable to find jobs in our economy.
  We must continue to provide unemployment benefits to jobless 
Americans so they can purchase crucial life needs like food and 
shelter. So let us heed the better angels of our nature and immediately 
restore unemployment benefits to out-of-work Americans.

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