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Dick Durbin: “If I may just comment and say this. I don't think President Trump's cash payment or an additional $1,000 a month, or…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2020
If I may just comment and say this. I don't think President Trump's cash payment or an additional $1,000 a month, or whatever it is, under the unemployment benefit is going to make a worker lazy and government dependent. These are not the people I know. These are people who get up and work hard every darn day, and if they get an extra helping hand out of this, so be it. We are trying to deal with a health crisis and help these families get through it. That is where we started on this side of the aisle. We may talk about something in the future and approach it a little differently, but I don't think it makes them lazy to receive the President's cash payment or to receive an extra payment from this unemployment benefit.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Mar 25, 2020

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