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Jason Smith: “I also think that sending $1,400 checks to Japanese citizens living in Japan did not help stop COVID.”

On the recordApril 5, 2022
I also think that sending $1,400 checks to Japanese citizens living in Japan did not help stop COVID.
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri

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Critique of COVID relief checks distributed to foreign residents.

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