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E. Clay Shaw, Jr.: “I think the question is: ``Do you see any way that we can create a health care bill maybe by looking at who…”

On the recordMay 4, 1994
I think the question is: ``Do you see any way that we can create a health care bill maybe by looking at who receives--excuse me, welfare bill--by seeing who receives the benefits, and then all join together and decide that we need to take care of Americans first, and that the job training, the job search, and what we are doing for genuine reform should really be made available to the American citizens and to people who are here as political refugees and not offer to the citizens of the world who come into our country--do you support such a proposition?''
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E. Clay Shaw, Jr.
Florida
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Discussing the need for a welfare bill focused on American citizens and political refugees.

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