Let me ask this question of the Senator, through the Chair. I have had heard an argument from the other side of the aisle that says these checks make people lazy; that they don't go out and look for work. With $250 a week, they take it easy. These aren't the people I am talking to in Illinois. I would ask the Senator from Michigan, who sees thousands of people who have been out of work for long periods of time, what she thinks about this Republican argument that unemployment checks make people lazy.
Dick Durbin: “Let me ask this question of the Senator, through the Chair. I have had heard an argument from the other side of the…”
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Senator Durbin challenges the notion that unemployment benefits encourage laziness.
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