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Edward Markey: “We have to go big and we'll figure out how to pay it back in…”

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 33:46

And that's a big part of what we're going to be debating that we're going to be fighting over in Washington for this next package. And for subsequent packages of economic relief. I just think that We have to go big and we'll figure out how to pay it back in the long run. But if we don't do it now, the hole's going to get unbelievably deep. And the more we spend now is the. (33:46–33:52)

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Asserts the need for substantial immediate spending with repayment considerations deferred.

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