responded to and you can t forget about the flight delays. yes, you are there when it matters. bhen i look at this photo and see the testimony about how to get long-term unemployed americans back to work give everen before a roomp of empty chairs that to you this crisis confronting our country simply doesn t matter and make no mistake, this is a crisis. not just for those who fall into chronic joblessness, but also for the u.s. economy. it s what the national employment law project has called the real cliff that threatens our economy. there are 4.8 million people who have been unemployed beyond the six months. people who have been out of work so long they just stopped looking. people s choz joblessness marks discrimination averse to hiring the long-term unemployed. who needs you to be sitting in that chair finding policy