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Andy Barr: “I do not think it is stingy, I do not think the statute is stingy. I think the statute actually creates great, positive…”

On the recordJanuary 8, 2020
I do not think it is stingy, I do not think the statute is stingy. I think the statute actually creates great, positive incentives for able-bodied, work capable, no dependents, prime age workers to do something to get them back into a productive place where they can be self-sufficient.
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Andy Barr
Republican · Kentucky

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Barr defends the SNAP statute as beneficial for encouraging self-sufficiency among able-bodied workers.

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