Reclaiming my time, on the unemployment, as the gentleman well knows, there is a cliff that is going to occur because of the expiration of the unemployment provisions on December 28. We have had debates about how long it should be and in what form it should be. This at least provides those who are getting the unemployment, who are expecting their 13 weeks, to be able to get the 13 weeks.
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