[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12749]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       JOBLESS BENEFITS EXTENSION

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, there is hardly a middle-class 
soul in our country who has not been impacted by this terrible economy. 
With 326,000 jobs lost, millions of Americans may lose their homes and 
their health care. All this as the price of food soars and the price of 
gas passes $4 a gallon and wages are stagnant.
  Mr. Speaker, we should invent a new word similar to stagflation that 
also includes gas and food. May I suggest ``stagasfoodlation'' to 
describe this terrible economy. Millions of men, women and children are 
caught up in an economic perfect storm not of their making where every 
avenue seems cut off.
  Today we will have the opportunity to vote for an extension of 
unemployment insurance to help these American families. Republicans 
should not try to block this last lifeline for these families.

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