But most small businesses were nearly wiped out during the COVID 19 crisis. And we felt very strongly as a legislature that We needed to curtail what was really unlimited authority in the governor's office to declare a perpetual state of emergency. And if you remember, during that crisis, that's exactly what we had was it was one crisis declaration after another with sweeping powers to dictate the details of our everyday lives, the well being of our citizens and the livelihood of our businesses. (03:43–03:52)
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Asserts that the governor had unlimited authority to declare emergencies, which needed to be curtailed.
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