Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, right now, thousands of Nevadans have the full-time job of looking for work. It has gotten worse for many since December 28 of last year, when emergency unemployment insurance benefits for many expired. There are now over 2 million Americans, Mr. Speaker, who have been cut off from unemployment insurance because of Congress' failure to act. That includes 26,023 Nevadans. These are not numbers; these are real people. Every week that Congress fails to act, it is projected that an additional 842 Nevadans will lose their benefits each week during the first half of 2014. Nevada's economy has lost over $54 million because Congress has stalled; but I, along with many of my colleagues, have not forgotten about our constituents. Today, Democrats will sign a discharge petition to force Speaker Boehner and the House Republicans to bring up a bill to extend unemployment benefits for all Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. These benefits are used to put food on the table, to put gas in the car, so that they can go look for an interview and to pay for rent. Extending these unemployment benefits used to be bipartisan. On December 14, 2002, in his weekly radio address, then-President George W.…”