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John Cornyn: “Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader in the Senate…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Cornyns Key Texas Priorities, COVID Relief Included in Government Funding Bill

Published | Video Starts at 03:12

So we need to do that. But I would also point out we're going to do roughly $900 billion of additional COVID 19 relief bills. When Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leader in the Senate, Senator Schumer, turned down a $1.8 trillion offer from Secretary of the Treasury Mnuchin. So rather than accept twice as much earlier because it didn't fit their political playbook. Now they're accepting half when they realize they've run out of Runway. (03:12–03:23)

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Asserts that Pelosi and Schumer rejected a $1.8 trillion COVID-19 relief offer from Mnuchin.

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