DENNIS A. CARDOZA: “This is a powerful tool if this committee passes this legislation for areas like ours where unemployment has shot…”

I thank my colleague for yielding. I rise today to offer my support for the legislation. This bill, like so many others that we vote on, is far from perfect. However, I'll support this bill because of many provisions, important provisions…

You are absolutely correct, Mr. Deutch, and the visions of those scared mothers talking to us in their community by the bus stop, a shelter that has to be reinforced by concrete so that they can somewhat protect their children on the way…

What is not open to debate is the fact that 1.7 million Americans today and over the next 3 days and over the last few weeks have lost their unemployment benefits. That is an emergency. That's why we have emergency spending provisions. We…

We simply cannot afford this regulatory burden.