On the recordDecember 13, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott). (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. McDERMOTT. Well, it's getting close to the Christmas tree, and here we come finally getting around to dealing with unemployment with the most drastic attack on the unemployment system that we've had since 1933 without any hearings. I hear people talk about the Ways and Means Committee has talked about this. There hasn't been a single hearing on the proposal that's put here before us on the end of the session cutting a Federal program from 73 weeks to 33 weeks. You're taking 40 weeks of unemployment away from people who have thought this country cared, and it turns out the Republicans don't care at all. This is bait and switch. This is like going on a used car lot and the guy shows you a Chevrolet over here and says, That's a thousand bucks. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Thornberry). The time of the gentleman has expired.
