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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “But especially since the rhetoric in this town is filled with talk of compassion for those who are out of work, Mr.…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2001
But especially since the rhetoric in this town is filled with talk of compassion for those who are out of work, Mr. Speaker, as we note in the wake of September 11, at least three-quarters of a million people in the workforce, perhaps now the number exceeds 1 million people in the workforce, are now without jobs that they had prior to the attacks on September 11, I believe we should especially emphasize the ground-breaking work done this weekend by the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means to expand the opportunity for health insurance for those who find themselves out of work.
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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH
New York
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Addressing unemployment and health insurance expansion in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

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