Lloyd Doggett actually said...

Threats of default on our debt and threats to shut down the government only set back our economic recovery and cost us more jobs.

The unemployment rate in my state, 8.5 percent, stands higher today than at any time in the last quarter of a century.

When folks lose a job through no fault of their own, the least we ought to do is extend a life line.

We must stop the blame-the-victim approach of just blaming unemployment on the unemployed.