McConnell can decide if laid-off workers sink or swim. Pass the HEROES Act to provide relief. | Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

McConnell can decide if laid-off workers sink or swim. Pass the HEROES Act to provide relief.

Dan Wu | Op-Ed
July 12, 2020
Lexington Herald-Leader

Every Kentuckian deserves economic security. We are not asking for anything more than a chance to survive this pandemic. I hope our elected leaders take action soon, because our lives and livelihoods are hanging in the balance.

" … one of the biggest questions … — whether Congress will reauthorize pandemic unemployment compensation— namely, that extra $600 a week that has been keeping out-of-work Americans like me and my employees afloat during the steepest economic downturn since the Great Depression.

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