On the recordJanuary 9, 2014
On this 50th anniversary of the war on poverty, 1.4 million Americans have lost emergency unemployment insurance and thousands more stand to lose it each day, each week, that Congress fails to act. If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule that will allow the House to consider legislation that is identical to the bipartisan measure being considered in the Senate and would restore unemployment insurance to those who have lost it. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee), a leader in the effort to restore unemployment insurance, to discuss our proposal.
