[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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           SIGN THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DISCHARGE PETITION

  (Mr. HORSFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor to congratulate the 
two Senators from my home State--Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and 
Senator Dean Heller--for putting together a bipartisan unemployment 
insurance benefit extension. I am thankful on behalf of the 2 million 
Americans who are depending on UI benefits that the Senate is expected 
to act soon.
  But here we go again, Mr. Speaker. The pressure is now on the House. 
I think it is wrong that one person in the House out of 435 can hold 
hostage a financial lifeline for 2 million Americans, including 26,000 
Nevadans.
  Every Member of Congress now has a choice to make: sign the discharge 
petition to bring up unemployment insurance in a vote; or don't and 
abandon the Americans who desperately need our help.
  I have signed, and I urge my colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle to do the same. Moderate House Republicans can do something 
before they leave today. Sign the discharge petition. Show your 
constituents that you stand with them and bring up a vote to extend 
unemployment insurance benefits.

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