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Joni Ernst: “These programs are too fragmented and overly complex for clients to navigate.”

On the recordJune 21, 2016
These programs are too fragmented and overly complex for clients to navigate.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Senator Ernst critiques the complexity of federal programs for low-income Americans.

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