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By Vanessa Celia Winters, San Diego
December 16, 2011 (San Diego) -- I am a Wal-Mart associate who supports three children, and an unemployed husband. My husband was laid off due to the economic recession and has been on unemployment ever since. I work odd hours at Wal-Mart just to earn enough money to feed my family.
The downturn of the economy has affected my family negatively because my children rarely get to see me and they witness their father suffering depression because of job loss.
The fate of our future is in the hands of Congress. If Congress doesn’t extend unemployment insurance benefits, then my family and I will face eviction from our apartment, and we will be homeless. I urge Congress to extend unemployment insurance benefits because not only will it provide my family money, but it will provide us our livelihood.
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