ELK GROVE, CA – In response to Dan Lungren’s vote today against the Unemployment Compensation Act of 2010, which would extend unemployment benefits for over 2 million unemployed Americans, Dr. Ami Bera issued the following statement:
“It is simply outrageous that, in the midst of the worst recession in recent history, Dan Lungren has shown the cold shoulder to Californians struggling to find work in this tough economy,” said Dr. Bera. “Millions of Californians have lost their jobs, but Lungren just doesn’t seem to care. In fact, this is just another example of hypocrisy from Dan Lungren – voting against extending emergency unemployment benefits while he’s simultaneously drawing a taxpayer-funded California pension and a full taxpayer-funded Congressional salary, which he’s voted to raise three times in the last five years. Californians deserve better.”