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Edward Markey: “We could lose a very high percentage of our small businesses…”

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 21:17

We're trying to keep the whole economy afloat. We're trying to keep all these individual small businesses afloat so they can come out on the other side. We could lose a very high percentage of our small businesses in America, especially the smallest of the small businesses. that just don't have the capability to stay alive over this longer period of time. So I'm with you, Wally, 100%. Forgiveness should be easy. (21:17–21:23)

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Asserts that a significant percentage of small businesses in America are at risk of closing.

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