John Cornyn: “We offered another half trillion dollars in relief, only to…”

“We're successful in doing so, for example, in the paycheck protection program. But there was obvious that there was more need. And on at least three occasions, maybe four, but at least three, We offered another half trillion dollars in relief, only to be blocked by Democrats here in the Senate. Speaker Pelosi was candid. She basically said, well, this is about politics. This is. We don't want President Trump to get credit for Congress stepping up in a bipartisan way to provide relief to the American people in the run up to the election.” (02:18–02:28)

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