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Congresswoman Wilson Statement on Passage of Bipartisan Budget Deal

Statement

Date: Dec. 12, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Unemployed and Low-Income Government Budget and Spending

Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) issued the following statement after the US House of Representatives passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013:

"Budgets are moral documents. While this budget deal takes some important moral stands by safeguarding entitlements including Social Security and softening Sequestration's savage cuts--which fall on teachers, firefighters, medical researchers, and other hardworking Americans--it fails to uphold Congress's moral obligation to millions who have been locked out of the job market.

Even as America recovers from the Great Recession, the plight of the long-term unemployed remains as serious as ever. My top priorities for 2014 are to restore unemployment insurance and--above all else--to return Congress to its rightful focus: Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!"


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