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On the recordMarch 15, 2022
Virtually all of the American Rescue Plan was designed to deal with the impact of COVID.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

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Yarmuth defends the American Rescue Plan's focus on addressing COVID's broader impacts.

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