Rep. Sander Levin: Rand Paul’s Welfare Comments a ‘Disservice to Humanity’

HALL: "Congressman, your reaction to Senator Paul saying this is a disservice to workers?”
LEVIN: “First of all, he has his facts wrong. There are not 99 weeks of coverage. It’s down on the average to 54 weeks. So I really think Senator Paul really needs to look at the facts and then look at the reality for people who are unemployed. A disservice to them? There are 1,300,000 people who are going to lose every cent of their benefits while they look for work. A disservice is essentially cutting them off on December 28th. They are looking for a job. They were laid off through no fault of their own. What do you do, just give them the cold shoulder on December 28th? That's a disservice to humanity in my judgment.”