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Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Pandemic-Relief Package Was Too Big, Senator Warner Says

  • Virginia senator plays down impact of Covid aid on inflation
  • Warner says Fed was too slow to react to rising prices

Senator Mark Warner

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Democratic Senator Mark Warner said that, in retrospect, President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package last year was too large, though he played down its influence in spurring US inflation.

“Was there too much in the American Rescue Plan on a relative basis? Absolutely,” Warner said on Bloomberg Television’s “Balance of Power with David Westin.”