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Curtis Hertel Jr.: “They've hired 200 additional employees [at the unemployment…”

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

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Senator Hertel answers questions on the pandemic and politics

Published | Video Starts at 03:54

But that probably isn't very helpful to people that are still waiting. So what I can tell you what they have done is They've hired 200 additional employees [at the unemployment agency]. They have people working 12 hour days, six days a week, all over time, all the time that are the normal employee there. They've increased bandwidth into the system, they've expanded the hours for the calls. (03:54–04:03)

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