Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) suggested on Monday that he would oppose the bid to increase the pandemic relief checks from the current $600 to $2,000, which President Donald Trump and others have called for.
The Alabama Republican, in remarks to “Fox and Friends,” expressed concern about funding the more generous direct payments to American families, presumably out of concern for the size of the public debt, which in 2020 has ballooned to around $27 trillion.
