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On the recordJuly 9, 2015
I know a lot about this. I created programs in South Central Los Angeles that I actually wrote using Wagner-Peyser moneys and Project Bill in Nickerson Gardens, Jordan Downs, and all those public housing programs. I know what can be done. But I just don't see Moving to Work doing any of that.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters reflects on her experience with public housing programs and critiques Moving to Work's impact.

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