[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4768-4769]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

  (Ms. BROWN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, you can fool some of the people 
some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
  The Republicans have turned a blind eye to the plight of more than 2 
million Americans whose unemployment benefits have been cut off.
  In my State of Florida, we have over 100,000 Floridians struggling to 
find work and are unable to collect insurance, which has also led to 
nearly $130 million in lost revenue for the State of Florida; yet in 
spite of repeated attempts time and time again, Republicans in Congress 
have coldheartedly

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refused to restore this vital economic lifeline that helps people 
support their families and pay their bills while they look for a new 
job during this very difficult time, the worst time since the Great 
Depression.
  To whom God has given much, much is expected. I urge my House and 
Senate Republican colleagues to look inside their hearts and do the 
right thing for the American people and pass an unemployment insurance 
extension today.

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