On the recordApril 22, 2020
Twenty-six million unemployed Americans; 43 percent of American families have had a reduction in their paycheck or an elimination of their paycheck. I would posit that what we are doing is not working.
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Chip Roy criticizes the effectiveness of current economic measures amid high unemployment.
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