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Edward Markey: “We had to come back in a second bill and add $75 billion…”

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 04:47

We tried our best to help. We put 150 billion in in the first bill for hospitals and community health centers. But then We had to come back in a second bill and add $75 billion more. Now honestly the Republicans didn't want to add the additional $75 billion, but it's absolutely necessary. The hospitals are hemorrhaging money and we have to keep the funding going into those hospitals. (04:47–04:52)

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