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Jimmy Carter: This program is intended to give them the opportunity for self-support by providing jobs for those who need them.

On the recordAugust 5, 1977
This program is intended to give them the opportunity for self-support by providing jobs for those who need them.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Welfare Reform Message to the Congress

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