[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 18038]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THIS CONGRESS IS LAZY

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, by the end of December, 1.3 
million unemployed Americans will lose their unemployment benefits 
because Congress refuses to act. It has been 1,066 days since I arrived 
in Congress, and the Republican leaders have still not allowed a single 
vote on serious legislation to address our unemployment crisis.
  As we approach the holidays, many families will grieve and worry. 
Many will suffer because, in January 2014, they will be the victims of 
the unemployment crisis. The sad fact is this: we have solutions, but 
the Republican leaders have abandoned these commonsense solutions and 
will not bring them to the floor.
  Mr. Speaker, in this tight jobs market, it is not the unemployed who 
are lazy. It is this Congress that is lazy. Our mantra should be: Jobs, 
jobs, jobs.

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