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Chip Roy: The combination of the unemployment insurance program where we are paying people more to not work than to work is…

On the recordApril 22, 2020
The combination of the unemployment insurance program where we are paying people more to not work than to work is fundamentally undermining the ability of businesses to get the benefit of a forgivable loan.
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas

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Chip Roy argues that unemployment benefits hinder business recovery efforts.

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