on unemployment benefits. which is it? >> we've made progress. we've created 2 million jobs in 2013 over the last four years, 8 million jobs have been created. we're moving in the right direction, but we have to do a lot more. people can still not find employment. we need to create more job, more job opportunities. extending unemployment should be the first thing we do. isn't it? should have been a no-brainer. that continues to help families that are suffering where people are looking for work. what the republicans are suggesting is, okay, we'll extend it, but we want to offset the cost. that just takes money out of the economy when you're trying to build jobs. doesn't really make a lot of sense. what we want to see is a balanced approach where we invest in job growth. we invest in roads and bridges and our energy grid system and research and education. that will help create jobs but you need a balanced budget to do that. >> senator, everything he just said makes perfectly good sense to me. i think 97% of people listening would say amen to what he just said. i don't understand why we can't