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Patricia Schroeder: We still have child labor laws as I remember, right? So the gentleman's point would be if we wanted everybody on welfare…

On the recordMarch 16, 1995
We still have child labor laws as I remember, right? So the gentleman's point would be if we wanted everybody on welfare to work, we better quickly repeal the child labor laws.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado

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Discussing the implications of welfare reform and child labor laws.

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