State Sen. Jim Lembke promised Wednesday to keep talking against a bill that would use federal money to extend unemployment benefits to 99 weeks - 20 weeks longer than when the benefits now expire.
Lembke, R-Lemay, said again Wednesday the battle against the unemployment extensions is intended to send a message to Congress and the federal government: "Quit sending us money you don't have."
Instead, he said, it's money that's been borrowed from China because the federal government keeps spending more money than it takes in.
"This entire debate has been about when is enough, enough?" Lembke told Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington. "These bozos (in Congress) can't even find $60 billion in cuts, when they're running a $1.6 trillion deficit!"