congress member tom reed. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> why not say big reed and little reed. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i listened with intrigue to senator reed's comments and other comments. the one thing i hope we can set as a goal as we discuss this issue, we have a lot of discussion about unemployment and the benefit check itself. i hope we can do better than that. that we can lead to reforms that lead to paychecks for americans. that is why you see proposals in the house bill that was sent to the senate talking about reforming unemployment insurance by requiring people to get a g.e.d. or a high school diploma. to me, that's a common sense -- just being a country lawyer from upstate new york --york, a comme initiative that i would think we can all agree upon. because if you arm an individual with a diploma, the likelihood of that individual, my gut tells me, and i think every study tells me that higher educational success you receive, the better your chance of being re-employed into the marketplace. so as folks

want to buy their product. >> and senator jack reed is a democrat from rhode island and congressman tom reed a republican from upstate new york, and both are part of the house senate conference committee looking at the payroll tax issue, and specifically one of a series of debates they took up today in the open session, and one proposal by republicans to require all of those unemployed, receiving benefits to get a ged, high school diploma and/or to make sure they are drug tested. that is just some of the debate going on. of course, the larger issue is extending the payroll tax through the end of the year which on average could save a worker about $1,000 in the paychecks every other week. you are listening to washington today on c-span radio. alabama senator jeff sessions joined by the colleague in the house, martha robeby putting into plan accounting plan to stop gimmicks in the budget. it has been in the senate language sips last year, and today, the two encouraged the cop gresh nal house republicans to take up the lead. they say that america deserves a government which shoots straight, and

. >> congressman tom reed. one is big reed and little reed. >> i truly listened to the comments, and one thing i hope can set as a goal as we discussed this issue is that we are having a lot of discussion about unemployment and the benefit check itself. i hope we can do better than that and that we can lead to reforms that will lead to paychecks for americans. i think that is why you see proposals and our house bill that were sent over to the senate talking about such things as reforming unemployment insurance by requiring people to get a ged or high school diploma. to me, that is a common-sense -- just being a country lawyer from upstate new york, a common sense initiative that i would think we could all agree upon. if you are an individual with a diploma, the likelihood of that individual -- i think every study i have ever read tells me the higher educational success to achieve, the better your chance of being reemployed into the marketplace. as folks are in this unemployment status, and i empathize with those

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