[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17990]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               EXTENDING EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

  (Mr. LEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, this countdown clock at democrats.waysand
means.house.gov says 25 days and 10 hours, and it is ticking. That is 
the countdown to an immediate cutoff of emergency unemployment 
insurance for 1.3 million Americans. Without an extension of this vital 
program, they will lose their entire coverage--every dime of it.
  Who are they? They are Americans laid off through no fault of their 
own, struggling to find jobs and recover from the worst economic crisis 
in 70 years. They are an estimated 20,000 veterans who have exhausted 
their State benefits after leaving the military and are unable to find 
work. They are mothers and fathers to an estimated 2 million children. 
And they are counting down to December 28.
  So far, the economic recovery has left them behind. Congress must not 
simply do so as well. We must extend this vital insurance.

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