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Sen. Ron Johnson on Squawk Box: We need to target relief

Published December 31, 2020 | Video Starts at 10:48

Well, we've just witnessed $4 trillion of bipartisan cooperation. I don't think we had to allocate and authorize $4 trillion to address the COVID crisis. We need to spend some, which is why I supported $2.2 trillion that we did fast. We did it massively so that markets wouldn't collapse. I mean, we had to do that. I don't think even at that point in time, it had to be $2.2 trillion, but we just had to lard out another $900 billion. (10:48–10:54)

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Asserts support for a $2.2 trillion COVID relief package to prevent market collapse.

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“People are already going to get a family of four is going to get $2,400 in the relief bill that was just passed.”
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“People already will get $600 checks individually, $2,400 for a family of four.”
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“We're throwing $300 billion into PPP loans so those businesses can keep people employed.”
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“We absolutely have to win those two Georgia Senate seats or what Democrats will do with the United States Senate. They'll change it forever.”
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“They'll get rid of the filibuster, which means they'll pass every bill on Bernie Sanders and AOC's wish list.”
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“They'll pack the Supreme Court, they'll pack the circuit courts, they'll pack the U.S. Senate.”
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