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Rosa DeLauro: “Do not talk out of both sides of your mouth because what you would do with some of these programs to make them so…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
Do not talk out of both sides of your mouth because what you would do with some of these programs to make them so onerous as to humiliate people into not taking advantage of the programs that are there.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of Republican policies impacting low-income housing and assistance programs.

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