senator reed have been working hard, together with a group with us, relentlessly to bring us thus famplet far. i have been so grateful for the leadership of those two senators and others because they have made us so close in this body to getting unemployment insurance extended. this is a bipartisan bill. it involves compromise. it's what the american people want us to do. republicans and democrats coming together for millions of americans who are in crisis right now, through no fault of their own, in an economy where there are three people looking for a job for every single job that's available. i want to express my gratitude to the entire bipartisan group cosponsoring the bill: my colleagues senator reed, senator heller, senator merkley, senator sherrod brown, senator durbin, senator sue so susan co, senator portman, senator murkowski, and senator kirk, republicans appeared democrats alike who have hammered out a compromise, done the difficult work and are pushing to move this forward. i also want to thank people from new jersey who've shared their stories with me, who've been active and eng