[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4357]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               EXTENDING EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

  (Mr. JOHNSON OF GEORGIA asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart. 
I ran for Congress to help people. It is past time to extend emergency 
unemployment insurance, and I am ready to vote to do so today.
  Unfortunately, this Republican Congress is denying more than 2 
million people across the country the opportunity to support their 
families and get back on their feet.
  Extending emergency unemployment insurance is simply the right thing 
to do. Have Republicans lost their compassion or have they simply lost 
touch with reality? Every week, another 72,000 Americans run out of 
unemployment insurance. In Georgia, 75,000 people have already been cut 
off. This is supposed to be a lifeline for people who are involuntarily 
unemployed. No one wants to be unemployed.
  It is essential we show the compassion our forefathers displayed when 
America was rebuilding itself after the Great Depression. We must come 
to compromise when it comes to helping those looking for work.

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