[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8523-8524]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, I have stood here at this podium many 
times speaking on the extension of unemployment insurance benefits for 
what is now about 2.8 million people, and the need for immigration 
reform, about 11 million undocumented workers, yet you have not acted. 
Both have very strong bipartisan support, yet you have not acted.
  How about looking at this in a way that makes our country proud? That 
is to look at the concept of ``through no fault of their own.'' We are 
a great country, and we are a compassionate nation. We understand 
``through no fault of their own.''
  Remember, Mr. Speaker, to qualify for unemployment benefits, you must 
be unemployed through no fault of your own. The DREAMers, those who 
were brought here to this country through no fault of their own, let's 
act for them, especially those with no benefits and no status through 
no fault of their own.

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