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Ted Yoho: “We want people off the programs, but we can't take them off too early, because what happens is they are always under the…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
We want people off the programs, but we can't take them off too early, because what happens is they are always under the thumb of a Federal program, and they can't get away from it.
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Ted Yoho
Republican · Florida

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Yoho discusses the balance needed in transitioning people off federal assistance.

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