[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

  (Mr. RANGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, if someone were to read the history of the 
United States, they would think that all the Democrats in this country 
were poor and all the Republicans were rich.
  In the last few years of this Presidency, it amazes me how the 
Republicans have done a pretty good job making certain that we don't 
close the tax loopholes for the very wealthy and that we don't raise 
any type of revenue through taxes. They have fought against things such 
as money for jobs, the Affordable Health Care Act, and affordable 
housing. There are just so many things.
  But then it gets to basic moral things that don't concern what party 
label or how you vote. It is just what happens to a person when the 
only thing that they are relying on is unemployment compensation. What 
happens when 1.3 million of these people no longer get that check?
  Well, I can tell you because, unfortunately, I don't come from a 
wealthy district. Sometimes they can't pay their rent. Sometimes they 
get evicted. Sometimes they can't get to their job. Sometimes their car 
notes aren't paid. And then we find people drifting into poverty. And 
that's where we really pay--not only in the misery and the pain of 
hardworking Americans, but we pay in terms of welfare.
  Please, Republicans, pass this to give some assistance for the 1.3 
million Americans.

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