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Edward Markey: “Mitch McConnell doesn't want to really even begin to…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Nashoba Valley Chamber Present: Virtual Conversation with US Senator Ed Markey

Published | Video Starts at 32:16

And that's why we put in a lot of money that the community colleges could qualify for in the first round and why we want to put in even more money going forward. Again, this is all being contested. Obviously, Mitch McConnell doesn't want to really even begin to negotiate over what the parameters of a much larger next phase package has to look like. But at the center of it has to be job training. We're going to quickly have a public health crisis be eclipsed by the economic depression that we're heading into. (32:16–32:27)

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Asserts that Mitch McConnell is reluctant to negotiate on the next phase of economic relief.

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