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Patrick Moynihan: “I do not ask a response. I do not expect a response. But I would like to put that new Iowa Family Investment Program in…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 1995
I do not ask a response. I do not expect a response. But I would like to put that new Iowa Family Investment Program in the Record at this point, Mr. President. It is one page. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Iowa Family Investment Program (Request: April 1993. Approved: August, 1993) Statewide Disregard 20% of earnings as work expense deduction; in addition, disregard 50% of earned income after all other deductions applied; disregard all earnings in first four months of employment if individual reports employment in timely manner and had less than $1200 in earnings in 12 months before the employment began.
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Patrick Moynihan
Illinois

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Discussing the Iowa Family Investment Program during a Senate floor speech.

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