On the recordMarch 25, 2020
I will be happy to, and I thank the Senator from Texas. But I would just say this: Yes, in this respect, I agree with you. Take a look at the State systems of paying unemployment benefits. We are told by the U.S. Department of Labor that many of them are way behind the modern technology and cannot meet what you have stated as your goal here. If we want to work toward that goal of improving those State systems, as Senator Scott said earlier, I will join you in that effort. But let's not apologize for, perhaps, sending them an extra $1,000. One last point, we are asking these people to stay home. We were asking them to help us defeat this virus by not working and to stay with their families. So one of the incentives here, if there is a good unemployment benefit coming in, is that they can keep their families together while they obey this directive, at least, from government, State and Federal.
