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Mark Pocan: “Covid was clearly focused on keeping people either working…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 25:18

You got a good educational system, a functioning health care system. I mean, eyes on the prize and don't get distracted by the numbers on the ledgers. Yeah, Covid was clearly focused on keeping people either working or able to provide for their families. at a time that we were in an economic snow globe in many ways. I mean, for small businesses, you know, I have a small business and we dealt with other small businesses and watching those ripple effects. (25:18–25:25)

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Asserts that COVID measures aimed to maintain employment and family support.

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