ms. hahn: thank you. i appreciate, john, you taking this first hour tonight to focus on women and jobs. it's certainly an issue that we women are very aware of and have worked on a lot in our jobs, in our districts, in our homes. but it's nice when our men are enlightened. mr. garamendi: if i might interrupt for a moment. i'm highly motivated. my wife of almost 48 years now and my five daughters keep me constantly abreast of this issue. ms. hahn: good. good for them. i think, as jan talked about, nancy pelosi and rosa delauro, we've had this incredible campaign called, when women succeed, america succeeds. and the point is it's good to help women in this country because this will really help america to succeed. and we no longer have the kind of families that many of us watched on television in the 1950's. in fact, the american family has permanently changed. and women head up more families on their own, more than half of the babies born to women ages 30 and younger are born to unmarried women. by the way,

ms. hahn: mr. speaker, last month many of us stood here and pleaded with speaker boehner to act to extend unemployment insurance for 1.3 million hurting americans, including over 213,000 in california alone. every day americans like vincent, people who've lost their jobs through no fault of their own, will be devastated if we do not right this wrong. vincent's 57 and worked at bank of america in my home state of california. he says that he's interviewed with other organizations since being laid off but has not found a job. he's not giving up, but vincent will have to worry he'll sleep n his car, going to food pantries since not getting unemployment insurance since december 28. we extended it before because it was the right thing to do as human beings and as legislators. we must do that again. earlier many of us stood with president johnson's daughter, linda johnson, as we marked the 50th anniversary of president johnson's declaration of an unconditional war on poverty. and in this ongoing war on po

ms. hahn: this is wrong. no one who works hard at a full-time job to provide for their children and families should be living in poverty. today with one in five children living in poverty, we must act and pass the minimum wage act to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 for minimum wage workers over the next three years. it would bring over 4.5 million people above the poverty line. increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 will not only put more money in the hands of those in need but will infuse an additional $51 billion into our economy. and this will not be a job killer, it actually will help to create $140,000 new jobs. our success as a nation hinges on the success of women, when women succeed, america succeeds. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady from new york is recognized. >> mr. speaker, -- ms. velazquez: mr. speaker, because of the house's inaction, three days after were mas, 127 new yorkers cut off from jobless b