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On the recordMarch 13, 2014
Thank you, Representative Schneider. Your efforts for this body, leading the House Democrats on that discharge position--we didn't know today the Senate was going to come up with something that may pass and may be able to get through this House. But your leadership made sure that those over 110,000 people in Illinois, and each and every week more people adding to that, can get those benefits. So thank you for your efforts. We hope that we can force this House to have us vote to extend unemployment benefits.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin

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