[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 588]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION EXTENSION ACT

  (Ms. KELLY of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, as we begin today's activities, 
1.3 million individuals face a harsher reality because Congress failed 
to extend unemployment insurance benefits. That includes 2 million 
children and 20,000 veterans who face a more uncertain future because 
Congress failed to do the right thing.
  The moms who attended my Chicagoland job fair don't want an 
unemployment check more than a job. They do want a Congress that 
recognizes that any one of us could use a little help when an economic 
crisis hits and leaves us vulnerable.
  The families I represent aren't looking for handouts. They are my 
friends and neighbors and paid into the unemployment insurance system 
with the promise that, if times got tough, they would still be able to 
provide for their families using the benefits they paid for as a bridge 
over troubled waters.
  I am a cosponsor of H.R. 3824, the Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation Extension Act, because I stand by my friends in tough 
times. I urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to do the same by 
passing a bipartisan unemployment insurance extension now.

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