One of the highest in the state: 9.7%:
"The bill that's out there is going to charge your grandchildren rather than eliminate wasteful, ineffective, and insufficient programs," he says
Over at Workforce Oklahoma, Gary Plumlee has been out of work for a year. He says he needs the money."I've probably got six weeks left as far as that goes," he says. "And I'm basically going to homeless like a lot of other people."
"It's unfortunate it happened," Coburn says. "But, I don't apologize at all for trying to make a stand to get us getting our financial house in order.
"Those words didn't provide solace for people like Jane Simmons and Shay Veloquio, who are among those unemployed."
What am I supposed to do, and how am I supposed to live, and everybody else who is drawing unemployment," Simmons said."Why would he do this when there are several people unemployed at this time, and several people depending on this right now while the jobs are scarce," adds Veloquio.
But, Coburn says something must be done to protect the nation's future."Whether you get unemployment benefits or not whether you got a job or not, your future is at risk if we don't change the way Washington operates."Senator Coburn points out that the unemployed will be paid for the weeks that the checks were delayed.
And that delay could end soon. He says they'll have a vote on that problem and get the checks going again when they return to Washington D.C. in about ten days.
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