| 00:00:02 | OUR CITIZENS HELP WEATHER THE STORM. |
| 00:00:05 | I YIELD NOW TO THE SENATOR. |
| 00:00:07 | I APPRECIATE HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS. |
| 00:00:09 | MS. STABENOW: FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE SENATOR FROM RHODE ISLAND. |
| 00:00:12 | HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE FOLKS AT THE TOP GOT BAILED OUT. |
| 00:00:14 | MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES ARE STUCK ON A HOOK HERE. |
| 00:00:18 | FIVE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR EVERY ONE JOB. |
| 00:00:20 | AND SO IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE ACT. |
| 00:00:22 | AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT INSTEAD OF HEARING ANOTHER ROUND OF "NO," THAT WE WILL HEAR "YES," THAT PEOPLE WILL COME TOGETHER, BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE -- MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT OF WORK WHO'VE HIT THIS WALL. |
| 00:00:34 | THEY'RE IN EVERY STATE. |
| 00:00:36 | THEY'RE IN RED STATES, BLUE STATES, PURPLE STATES. |
| 00:00:39 | THEY'RE IN EVERY STATE. |
| 00:00:41 | THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PARTISAN ISSUE. |
| 00:00:43 | AND SO, MR. |
| 00:00:44 | PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF MILLIONS -- WE KNOW AT LEAST 2 MILLION TO 3 MILLION PEOPLE WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, WHO ARE ASKING US TO UNDERSTAND, WHO ARE ASKING US FOR HELP, ASKING US TO GIVE A LIFELINE TO THEM SO THEY CAN CARE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND GET BACK TO WORK -- I WOULD ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BE DISCHARGED OF S. |
| 00:01:07 | 3706, THE AMERICANS WANT TO WORK ACT, THAT THE SENATE THEN PROCEED TO ITS IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION, THAT THE BILL BE READ THREE TIMES, PASSED, AND THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER BE LAID ON THE TABLE, THAT ANY STATEMENTS RELATED TO THE MEASURE APPEAR AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE IN THE RECORD AS IF READ. |
| 00:01:24 | THE PRESIDING OFFICER: IS THERE OBJECTION? |
| 00:01:26 | A SENATOR: MR. |
| 00:01:27 | PRESIDENT? THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM FLORIDA IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 00:01:31 | MR. LeMIEUX: RESERVING THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, MAY I INQUIRE OF MY COLLEAGUE FROM MICHIGAN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? |
| 00:01:36 | MS. STABENOW: YES. |
| 00:01:38 | YES, MR. PRESIDENT. |
| 00:01:39 | MR. LeMIEUX: I WAS WONDERING IF MY COLLEAGUE -- WE HAVE JUST BEEN HANDED THIS, AND HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT IN DETAIL. |
| 00:01:46 | IF SHE COULD LET US KNOW WHAT THE COST OF THIS BILL SAND HOW IT'S PAID FOR. |
| 00:01:50 | MS. STABENOW: THE BILL IS DESIGNATED'S A, AS HAVE OTHER UNEMPLOYMENT EXTENSIONS BEEN DESIGNATED, AS EMERGENCY SPENDING. |
| 00:02:03 | IF 15 MILLION PEOPLE OUST WORK ISN'T AN ECONOMIC DISASTER IN THIS COUNTRY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. |
| 00:02:08 | SO FOR THE MILLIONS INVOLVED, THIS IS VIEWED AS A DISASTER ASSISTANCE. |
| 00:02:16 | AND WE -- AND WE INTEND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY TO BE ABLE TO PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK SO IN FACT WE WILL TURN THIS ECONOMY AROUND. |
| 00:02:26 | MR. LeMIEUX: WELL, RESPECTFULLY, MR. |
| 00:02:28 | PRESIDENT, WITHOUT KNOWING HOW MUCH IT IS GOING TO COST AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT WHILE WE'RE ALL CERTAINLY SYMPATHETIC AND WANT TO WORK TO MAKE PEOPLE GO BACK TO WORK -- MY HOME STATE OF FLORIDA CERTAINLY SUFFERING WITH VERY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT -- WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT SO WE DON'T PUT THIS DEBT ON OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. |
| 00:02:49 | SO WITH THAT, MR. |
| 00:02:50 | PRESIDENT, I OBJECT. |
| 00:02:51 | THE PRESIDING OFFICER: OBJECTION IS HEARD. |
| 00:02:52 | MS. STABENOW: MR. |
| 00:02:53 | PRESIDENT? THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 00:02:55 | MS. STABENOW: IF I MIGHT JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY, THE RELATE IF I FOR US IN AMERICA IS THAT -- THE REALITY FOR US IN AMERICA IS THAT WE WILL NEVER GET OUT OF DEBT WITH MORE THAN 15 MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF WORK. |
| 00:03:05 | AND WE KNOW IT'S SUBSTANTIALLIERLIER -- IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN 15 MILLION BECAUSE WE KNOW 15 MILLION ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND WE KNOW THERE ARE MILLIONS OF OTHERS WHO HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR BENEFITS. |
| 00:03:17 | SO WHEN FOLKS TALK ABOUT THE DEFICIT AND LEAVING DEFICIT FOR OUR CHILDREN, WE WILL NEVER GET OUT OF DEBT HAD THIS COUNTRY UNTIL PEOPLE GET BACK TO WORK, UNTIL THEY HAVE GOOD-PAYING JOBS, AND IN BETWEEN TIMES, WE WILL NOT MOVE THIS ECONOMY FORWARD UNTIL WE ARE HELPING PEOPLE BE ABLE TO KEEP GOING IN THIS RECESSION. |
| 00:03:41 | WE KNOW FROM THE ECONOMISTS THAT FOR EVERY $1 WE PUT INTO THE KINDS OF BENEFITS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS BILL, THAT WE'RE STIMULATING MORE THAN $1. |
| 00:03:54 | 40 INTO THE ECONOMY. |
| 00:03:55 | SO IT MORE THAN PAYS FOR ITSELF BY THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. |
| 00:03:59 | AND IT'S VIEWED AS ONE OF THE TOP TWO BENEFIT WAYS TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY IN A RECESSION, TO PUT MONEY IN THE POCKET OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO SPEND IT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A JOB. |
| 00:04:12 | SO I DEEPLY REGRET THAT ONE MORE TIME IT'S OBJECT AND IT'S "NO," UNDER THE FALSE ARGUMENT THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN'T AFFORD TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ABOUT AMERICANS WHO WANT US JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND TO GIVE SOME TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE THAT DOES STIMULATE THE ECONOMY WHILE WE'RE FOCUSING ON PUTTING PEOPLE BACK TO WONCHT I THINK, UNFORTUNATELY, MR. |
| 00:04:42 | PRESIDENT, THIS IS THE END OF A WEEK IN A DEMONSTRATES TREMENDOUS FRUSTRATION AFTER WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE SMALL BUSINESS JOBS BILL DONE. |
| 00:04:49 | THEN WE HEAR NO ON EFFORTS TO STOPPING JOBS GOING OVERSEAS AND NO ON EFFORTS TO HELP PEOPLE BECAUSE OF JOBS GOING OVERSEAS. |
| 00:05:00 | I AM DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE CASE OF THESE PEOPLE TO THE FLOOR OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE. |
| 00:05:17 | I WOULD SUGGEST THE ABSENCE OF A |
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