Prior to Covid recession, we had the record number of Americans employed. At the end of December 2019, just under 159 million Americans were employed. By April, two months in the pandemic, three months into the pandemic, employment had dropped to 133 million. That's a loss of over 25 million jobs. 25 million. Which is why we acted, why we acted in bipartisan fashion to provide relief for those people, 25 million who lost their jobs. (05:33–05:42)
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Asserts that employment dropped to 133 million by April 2020 due to the pandemic.
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