{"id":86473,"date":"2020-04-14T21:16:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T21:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flad.pt\/?p=86473"},"modified":"2020-05-05T09:38:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T09:38:20","slug":"michael-rodrigues-how-to-protect-the-community-in-times-of-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flad.pt\/en\/michael-rodrigues-how-to-protect-the-community-in-times-of-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Rodrigues: how to protect the community in times of crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;800&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Michael Rodrigues, Portuguese-American and Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee<\/strong> &#8211; equivalent to our budget committee &#8211; of the<strong> Massachusetts Senate,<\/strong> talks about the work that has been done to help the community during this crisis.<\/h3>\n<p>Responsible for drafting and approving the Massachusetts Commonwealth budget, the Committee on Ways and Means is one of the most powerful committees from a legislative body. As in the other states (and countries), much of the work of this committee has become the creation of emergency legislation to respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy. 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