[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12010]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               EXTENDING EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

  (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, we must extend the emergency 
unemployment benefits. Why? Because the program is structured to assist 
those who are looking for work.
  If you are not looking for work, you don't get the extension of 
benefits. Why? Because 1.7 million people will lose their emergency 
benefits in 4 days if we do not act now.
  Over 100,000 will lose their benefits in the State of Texas in 4 days 
if we do not act now. Why? Because, for every dollar that we spend on 
unemployment benefits--emergency benefits, I might add--we turn over 
$1.63 in economic activity.
  Finally, we must do it because, but for the grace of God, there go I 
and because Dr. King was right. Life is an inescapable network of 
mutuality, tied to a single garment of destiny. What impacts one 
directly impacts all indirectly. It has an impact on all of us. We 
benefit when we spend the money.

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