[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18426-18427]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            LET'S NOT FORGET

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Madam Speaker, let's not forget. We talk about the 
Great Depression and how close we've come to it. Let's recognize and 
realize what we as a country did then. We passed the Social Security 
Act of 1935. And let's also not forget that part of that is the 
protection of not only our seniors, but also of those who are 
unemployed through no fault of their

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own. That is what we're looking at. Madam Speaker, we must recognize 
that it is time to extend the unemployment insurance, or we're going to 
cost our economy $30 billion, and we're going to also affect 1 million 
people.
  Madam Speaker, let's also recognize what makes us a great country. It 
is not our military might. What makes us a great country is compassion; 
it is the fact that we have defined ourselves by how we treat our 
people. Let's never forget that.
  It is time to be compassionate, Madam Speaker. It is time for us to 
extend the unemployment insurance.

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