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Romney, Lee upset with Senate passage of latest $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package

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Marketplace&nbsp;Loading...To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to aweb browser thatEstimated read time: 2-3 minutesThis archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.SALT LAKE CITY — Utah GOP Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee expressed their disappointment Saturday with the U.S. Senate's passage of the American Rescue Plan, the latest The Senate passed President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill by a 50-49 party-line vote after a The bill includes $1,400 checks for many Americans and directs billions of dollars to schools, state and local governments, and businesses. It will now go back to the House for a separate vote before Biden signs it into law.During debate on the bill, Romney wanted assurances that money wasn't being wasted. He offered an amendment, which failed to be adopted, that assistance go to states with a proven need."There was an assumption states had massive revenue losses associated with the COVID experience, but the data that has come out since then shows many states did not," Romney told senators.Twenty-one states, including Florida, Oklahoma, Utah and California, he said, are seeing a rise in revenue."My state of Utah doesn't need more money," Romney said, adding that this economic stimulus package provides California $26 billion at the state level, and $41 billion with what cities across the Golden State will get."This is on top of their already surplus year," he said. "We're going to be asking the American people to allow us to borrow money from China and others, pass that on to our kids and grandkids, so that we can send money to states like California and mine that don't need the money. That doesn't make any sense at all."Lee, wasn't happy about the package for other reasons. "For more than a year now, Congress has fought back against the COVID pandemic the same way the American people have: together," said Lee. He said five relief bills were passed with bipartisan support, but Saturday's "partisan grab bag of special interest handouts" was done differently."This bloated, wasteful bill was not written for patients or businesses or workers suffering from COVID; it was written for the Democratic Party," he said. "It's a shame and a sham.""Throughout this difficult time, the American people have bravely held up their end. Today congressional Democrats dropped theirs," Lee added.Catch up on the top news and features from KSL.com, sent weekly.By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's and .&nbsp; | | | | | | | | | | | | © 2022 | KSL Broadcasting Salt Lake City UT | Site hosted &amp; managed by - a &nbsp;&nbsp;X

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