Because as long as that debt was in place, we could not get approvals to finally increase what some a family could take home if they're unemployed. And what does that mean? The numbers today have been $504 a week for a family that lost their jobs. Anybody think they can live on that? It's impossible. It's impossible. And we knew we had to do something. (06:53–07:03)
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Asserts that the current unemployment benefit is $504 a week for a family.
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