House Proceeding 09-22-09 on Sep 22nd, 2009 :: 1:54:40 to 1:55:30
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Geoff Davis: can get relief to those people before their benefits run out. and i yield back the bal my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland yields. the gentleman from kentucky, mr. davis, is recognized. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert in the record a recent article about an innovative and bipartisan georgia program designed to help unemployed workers get back on the job

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Speech By: Geoff Davis

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Geoff Davis: quickly. the program's called georgia works, allows unemployed workers to go to work for selected businesses for up to 24 hours a week for eight week unemployment benefits serve as the worker's salaries and the state pays up to $300 a month to cover childcare, transportation and related work costs.

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Geoff Davis: workers get a solid foot in the door to maintain and build work skills and taxpayers get lower taxes in the form of shorter unemployment benefits and a quicker return to work. this is a win-win program that