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Patsy T. Mink: “I think that the assistance should be standardized. There should be some way in which the government could decide what a…”

On the recordMarch 24, 1994
I think that the assistance should be standardized. There should be some way in which the government could decide what a family in each of these states requires to sustain themselves, a family of a size of three and that everybody ought to get that same support.
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Patsy T. Mink
Hawaii

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Discussing the need for standardized assistance across states.

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