[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4278]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               EXTEND LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

  (Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, last week, the number of those cut off 
from emergency unemployment insurance surpassed 2 million Americans--
men and women who worked hard but lost their jobs through no fault of 
their own.
  I represent northeastern Pennsylvania, and my district has been 
particularly hard hit. In Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the 
unemployment rate is 7.5 percent; in the Scranton/Wilkes Barre area it 
is 7.7 percent.
  Congress could and simply should reinstate the expired Federal 
program. These Americans lost their jobs due to no fault of their own. 
They don't deserve to lose their homes as well. I will shortly be 
introducing legislation to implement a 6-month moratorium on 
foreclosures for people who have lost their unemployment insurance but 
are otherwise paid up on their mortgages due to this congressional 
inaction.
  I urge my colleagues to support this legislation and to vote to 
extend long-term unemployment compensation.

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