'How many workers should give their lives to increase the GDP or the Dow Jones by a thousand points?' Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) asked. 'No workers should give their lives to do that, Mr. Senator, and I think your characterization is unfair,' Mnuchin said.
“ ‘How many workers should give their lives to increase the GDP or the Dow Jones by a thousand points?’ ”
Brown said he was hearing from experts that it was not safe to reopen the economy until there were better worker protections, including more testing, contact tracing and protective equipment. The senator said President Donald Trump has failed to lead the country on these matters. Brown then cut off Mnuchin, saying he wouldn’t let the Treasury boss “make a political speech.” Their exchange came during a virtual Senate hearing on relief programs.Also:Coronavirus update — U.S. death toll tops 90,000
iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } The Kentucky Republican sees no urgency in responding to those latter exigencies brought on by the pandemic, Brown said — “those are his words: no urgency.”The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.58% was trading in the red Tuesday after the main U.S. stock gauges closed sharply higher on Monday. The Dow is down 14% in the year to date, but the blue-chip benchmark has rallied from a March low.
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