“The unemployment benefit is fine, it would be nice if it was not there at all, but the situation that we've created for businesses, we owe it to them because it's like a takings.”

—  Paul Gosar

On the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as quoted in * 2020-12-22
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Local congressmen weigh in on COVID relief package.
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