Jahana Hayes: “I can assure you, everyone on this committee, when my husband was…”

On the recordJune 21, 2020

I can assure you, everyone on this committee, when my husband was diagnosed with COVID-19... I thought about my husband getting healthy.

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Hayes shares a personal experience to highlight the priority of health over economic concerns during COVID-19.

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