When you run into these kinds of situations, and folks start saying, 'Well, I'm more loyal to my own personal principle,' meanwhile, they're not maxed out on their credit cards, they're not waiting in line for a job.
Meek criticizes those prioritizing personal principles over addressing unemployment struggles.
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Families that know what it means to punch in and punch out every day, some individuals that are really struggling in rural Florida, they need that tax credit, they need that assistance.
Madam Speaker, I know that you have heard me before say that bipartisanship is only achieved when the majority allows it. I have said that in the two previous Congresses, hoping that Republican leadership will work with the Democratic…
I can see it even going down to almost health care employment discrimination saying, well, if you have a preexisting condition, I don't need you in my group or in my company because you are going to cost us all more.
One of the things I want to bring to the attention of the Committee is that unemployment in Florida is 9.4 percent, and in other parts of the State it's even higher.
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