SENATOR GARY PETERS BROUGHT
HIS CAMPAIGN FOR RE-ELECTION
TO GRAND RAPIDS THIS AFTERNOON.
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SUE:..NEWS EIGHT POLITICAL
REPORTER RICK ALBIN CAUGHT UP
WITH THE SENATOR AT MITTEN
BREWING.RICK?
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RICK:..IT IS THE FINAL PUSH
FOR ALL CAMPAIGNS INCLUDING
THE RACE FOR U.S. SENATE.
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SENATOR PETERS IS CAMPAIGNING
ON HIS BIKE TRIP AROUND THE
STATE AND ARRIVED AT MITTEN
BREWING ACCOMPANIED BY OTHERS
WHO HAD BEEN MAKING THE TRIP
WITH HIM.WHILE TAKING A TOUR
OF THE FACILITY PETERS HEARD
OF THE CHALLENGES FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES FACING A DOWNTURN
DURING THE PANDEMIC.HE ALSO
SAID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
NEEDS TO OFFER MORE HELP IN
THE FORM OF ANOTHER STIMULUS,
I ASKED HIM IF THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
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((YOU TALK ABOUT GOING TO
WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK, THE
HOUSE PLAN HAS BEEN OVER IN
THE SENATE FOR WEEKS IF NOT
MONTHS, THE SENATE PLAN IS
GETTING NO TRACTION WITH THE
HOUSE. HOW REALISTIC IS IT
THAT YOU'LL COME UP WITH YET
ANOTHER PART OF THIS STIMULUS?
SEN. PETERS : WELL WE'RE GOING
TO PUSH HARD. WE HAVE TO. AS
YOU SAID, THE HOUSE MOVED A
COVID PACKAGE SEVERAL MONTHS
AGO. MITCH MCCONNELL DID NOT
PULL IT FORWARD. THEN WE HE
DID OFFER A BILL IT SIMPLY
WASN'T UP TOT HE TASK OF
DEALING WITH THE IMMENSITY OF
THE PROBLEM WITH COVID. NOW
MONTHS HAVE GONE BY, WE HAVE
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
THAT ARE HURTING, WE HAVE
SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE
HURTING, WE STILL HAVE FOLKS
WITH CUTS IN UNEMPLOYMENT WHO
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND JOBS
BECAUSE THE JOBS SIMPLY ARE
NOT THERE. WE NEED TO HAVE
THAT RUNWAY.))
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RICK:..PETERS IS A FIRST
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TERM DEMOCRATIC SENATOR
RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION
AGAINST REPUBLICAN JOHN JAMES.
IN STUDIO CONTROL, RICK ALBIN,
