John Boozman actually said...

The U.S. cattle industry has a storied history. It is the backbone of many rural economies.

We are seeking to manage both a strong pandemic response, which the CARES Act allows us to do, and then ARP really allows us to sustain that...

The CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan provided VA with $37 billion to respond to the pandemic.

I think an honest answer is economists have not quantified those costs very well yet.