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Sen. Mike Lee says continued federal COVID-19 aid is ‘throwing gasoline on the fire’ of inflation

The Utah senator applauded Gov. Spencer Cox for stopping extra $300-per-week jobless benefits.

(AP File Photo | J. Scott Applewhite) Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, walks on Capitol Hill as the Senate works to complete the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, in Washington, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Lee said Thursday that federal coronavirus relief dollars are now damaging the economy, rather than helping it. Lee was speaking at an event hosted by the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.