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Jack Kingston: Welfare reform in general was very difficult to get passed. Lots of naysayers, lots of the sky is falling kind of…

On the recordFebruary 23, 2010
Welfare reform in general was very difficult to get passed. Lots of naysayers, lots of the sky is falling kind of mentality but during that period of time 14 million people were on welfare, and it went down to 5 million people.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Kingston reflects on the challenges and successes of welfare reform.

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