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“Senator [Harry] Reid has said they want to do a 90-day extension while we talk about what can be done on a longer term [basis].
“For seventeen years, Mike McIntyre has served the people of North Carolina’s Seventh District with distinction, giving them the full measure of his energy and intellect.
“When Carolyn McCarthy came to Congress in 1997, she arrived with a fierce determination to make our communities safer from gun violence and expand opportunities in education, health care, and job creation.
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the beginning of the second session of the 113th Congress:
“For the 1.4 million Americans who have lost emergency unemployment insurance and the thousands more who stand to lose them each week Congress fails to act, today’s Senate vote is a reminder that Democrats are still working hard on their behalf and will not give up until their benefits are restored.
I join in congratulating Janet Yellen on her confirmation as the next Chair of the Federal Reserve.
“Our manufacturing sector continues to grow in spite of a lack of serious action by Congress to provide certainty and invest in competitiveness, and today’s report by the Institute for Supply Management ought to be taken as a call to action.
“Today, millions of Americans are beginning the new year with the security that comes from having access to quality, affordable health care.
"I am deeply concerned by the recent violence in South Sudan.
This is a modest but important step by the President that recognizes that our civilian and uniformed personnel who serve the American people deserve a cost-of-living adjustment.