Family Security

There is no question that impacts of the national and international recession are being felt here in Washington.

In January, Employment Security Commissioner Karen Lee noted that, “In barely a year, we’ve gone from historically low unemployment to record numbers of people applying for unemployment benefits.”

While the top priority of the 2009 session is creating more jobs to get people back to work, we also need to help families protect what they have in these uncertain times.

Senate Democrats are offering a family security package to protect families from the worst aspects of the downturn.

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