Ron Johnson: “We worked long and hard on a targeted bill. More than $600…”

“They couldn't even obligate it. So what Republicans did during their August recess, because we couldn't come to an agreement by the end of July, We worked long and hard on a targeted bill. More than $600 billion, $300 plus up for people on unemployment, $260 billion for small businesses, $100 billion for education, tens of billions of dollars for vaccines and testing and agriculture and childcare. And we offer that on the floor, 52 Republicans voted to proceed to that bill. Democrats just said no. I felt it was a crisis, an emergency, and we shouldn't have been turning our backs on these people that are suffering.” (02:35–02:59)

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