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Joe Courtney: “The best way to reduce food stamp expenditures is to increase employment and earnings.”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
The best way to reduce food stamp expenditures is to increase employment and earnings.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney emphasizes that boosting employment will lower food stamp costs.

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