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Mike Levin: “If you counted the people who are now exhausting their benefits, or have, and those who are likely, it would reach, the…”

On the recordJune 12, 2008
If you counted the people who are now exhausting their benefits, or have, and those who are likely, it would reach, the line, from here, this Capitol to Denver. So don't talk about energy policy. We have to face up to that. Don't talk about trade policy. We have to face up to that. Talk about the lives in the homes of over a million people. I just hope that, you withheld, or there were withheld the three votes necessary to get to two-thirds yesterday. I know the maneuvers on this floor. But essentially, they're obeying the position, if not the orders, from the White House instead of the orders from the people at home. I urge strong support of this. I urge that we pass it with even more votes than was passed last time and send it to the Senate so we can get this job done.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Addressing the need for legislative action to support people exhausting their benefits.

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