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On the recordFebruary 5, 2023
What you are clearly sort of affirming is the chairman's thought that we are paying people to stay home.
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Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Beyer acknowledges the concern about people being incentivized to remain unemployed.

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