[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2405-2406]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      SOLVING UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Madam Speaker, solving our unemployment crisis 
is not only about restoring our economy, it is about restoring dignity 
to tens of millions of Americans. Unemployment means anxiety and 
insecurity that translates into worse mental

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and physical health. Unemployment means lower lifelong earnings, not 
only for workers but also for their children. It means a loss of 
dignity that is impossible to quantify.
  Madam Speaker, today with nearly 30 million Americans either 
unemployed or underemployed, we have a moral obligation to solve the 
crisis. Unemployment is rampant in both red States and blue States. 
Creating jobs means creating dignity.
  We have bipartisan options to build a full-employment society, 
including proposals to spur public-private investments in 
infrastructure and close the skills gap, but we must act now.
  The mantra of this Congress should be, could be, and must be jobs, 
jobs, jobs.

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