WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding the Senate’s vote to extend federal emergency unemployment insurance:
“More than two million hard-working Americans who have had their unemployment benefits cut off finally received a glimmer of hope that their government doesn’t abandon them during their time of need. The Senate-passed bipartisan extension of emergency unemployment insurance will help restore a vital lifeline to these Americans while they continue their desperate search for work. House Republicans must not turn their back on this bipartisan action. I urge my Republican colleagues in the House to heed the stories of unemployed Americans and allow a vote immediately."
