[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10757]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

  (Mr. HORSFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, the Senate is, once again, poised to act 
on an important issue facing our country.
  Today, Senator Dean Heller, from my home State of Nevada, and Senator 
Jack Reed of Rhode Island announced that they will be working to pass 
another extension of unemployment insurance for those who need a 
financial lifeline and have lost their jobs at no fault of their own.
  The last time the Senate sent a bill to the House to help struggling 
Americans with unemployment insurance, Speaker Boehner and the Party of 
No let the bill expire.
  By the end of this month, there will be 33,800 Nevadans cut off from 
unemployment insurance and another 3.1 million Americans asking why 
Congress has turned its back on them.
  Is it any wonder that Congress is held in such low regard by the 
hardworking American people? The Speaker's answer to millions of 
Americans asking for help is deafening silence, with no plan to do 
anything.
  I did not come to Congress to sit and wait for one person, the 
Speaker, to decide whether or not this body could act.
  I urge the Speaker to bring up the Senate-passed unemployment 
insurance extension to help 3.1 million Americans who need a lifeline.

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