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On the recordMarch 15, 2022
I don't really think that it is appropriate to say that it is about men versus women, that it is much more appropriate to say that it is about governmental policy and how you shut down an economy.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

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Yarmuth argues that economic shutdown impacts women more due to policy decisions, not gender.

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