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On the recordJune 19, 2019
I think that the most compassionate thing that Members of Congress can do is to say we need to take people from government dependence, welfare, and move them to technical training, move them to work, move them to self-sufficiency.
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Newton Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Gingrich emphasizes the importance of transitioning welfare recipients to self-sufficiency through training and work.

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