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Curtis Hertel Jr.: “It's supposed to pay to help people who are hurting with…”

Featuring: Curtis Hertel Jr., Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 7

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Senator Curtis Hertel Keynote Address at the ICDP Expanded Executive Committee Meeting 3.17.2021

Published | Video Starts at 05:29

And instead, we are fighting every single day for just basic common sense. We are still sitting on billions of dollars that is meant for the people. That's from the federal government. It's not our money. It's supposed to pay to help people who are hurting with rent, to help them with food assistance, to help our schools recover from COVID and do credit recovery and all those things that they need to open safely. It's supposed to pay for testing. The most important thing it's supposed to pay for is access to the vaccines. Now, why would any person want to slow down the end of this pandemic? (05:29–05:47)

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Asserts that federal funds are intended for rent, food assistance, and school recovery from COVID-19.

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