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Jeff Sessions: “If there are going to be welfare rights in society they must come from the legislature, they must come from Congress.”

On the recordApril 15, 2010
If there are going to be welfare rights in society they must come from the legislature, they must come from Congress.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Sessions emphasizes that welfare rights should originate from legislative action, not judicial decisions.

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