Harry Reid: “I would also say that this woman says she would take two jobs at minimum wage just to make things work. She has a…”

“I would also say that this woman says she would take two jobs at minimum wage just to make things work. She has a husband who is disabled. That is what this is all about. We know that during the last 30 hours people in America have had some problems. Two thousand eight hundred thirty-three people have lost their jobs; 8,698 have lost health insurance; food stamps increased by 6,237; the trade deficit has gone up $300 million; 36 mass layoffs, 13,194 people lost their unemployment. During the last 30 hours, we have 65,357 people who applied for unemployment benefits for the first time. We have had, during this 30 hours, desperate people; 5,137 people have filed for bankruptcy. I did general practice. I have had interviews with people who told me they had no choice but to file bankruptcy. Usually it is some problem with medical expenses, but these people are desperate. We don't have a bunch of deadbeats out there. We don't have 5,137 deadbeats. We have 5,137 desperate people. What are we talking about here? Not doing something about the bankruptcy law when we came that close to passing it. There was one provision in it that because of the ideology of certain people it didn't pass. We came so close to reforming the bankruptcy law which would have helped a lot of these people. We should spend some time on bankruptcy.”