[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 54 (Thursday, April 3, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H2858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    EXTENDING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

  (Mr. McNERNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my Republican 
colleagues to bring the Senate's bipartisan compromise on extending 
unemployment insurance to the House floor for a vote.
  Our economy is recovering, but not fast enough. We need to continue 
helping our businesses create jobs that pay living wages; but, in the 
meantime, we can't forget about those who lost their jobs in the 
downturn. Many of them have families to support while looking for jobs 
in a tough economy.
  An analysis by Moody's found that for every dollar spent on 
unemployment benefits the economy generates $1.64 in economic activity. 
That is money that gets spent on basic necessities like food; so the 
grocery checker gets paid; the truck driver that delivered the food 
gets paid; and the farmer who grows the food gets paid. It doesn't take 
a Ph.D. to do the math.
  And speaking of math, the Senate deal is paid for, so unemployment 
insurance doesn't add to the deficit.
  For all these reasons, I call on my Republican colleagues to bring 
this to the floor for a vote today.

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