Cantor: Unemployment Benefits Shouldn't be Extended

The House GOP leader said Washington has been too focused on extending unemployment benefits.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Friday that Washington has spent too much time and money on creating unemployment benefits, and needs to do more to create an environment that fosters job creation.

"For too long in Washington now, we've been worried about pumping up the stimulus monies, pumping up unemployment benefits, and to a certain extent, you've got states in which you can get unemployment for almost two years," he said on CNBC Friday. "And I think those people on unemployment benefits would rather have a job, and so that's where our focus needs to be." The Hill