OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Issue Position: Unemployment Benefits

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2011

Even though Northern Virginia is doing better than the rest of Virginia, and Virginia is doing better than the rest of the nation, there are still too many Virginians unemployed. To help sustain them during this difficult economic time, Tom Rust supported the following increased unemployment benefits:

* Extension of benefits from twenty six weeks to fifty nine weeks and now to seventy two weeks.
* Increase weekly benefits by $25.
* Extended COBRA insurance.
* Keeping almost 1000 currently eligible Virginians from falling off the program rolls.
* Tom has been a supporter of Autism since 2007, when HJ105 was passed. During the 2009 General Assembly session, he was a co-patron of HB1588, which mandated coverage for autism, but it was defeated in committee before he could vote for it. His support for insurance coverage of autism treatment is unwavering.


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