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Andy Barr: “If we are moving people from dependency on the government to independent, self-sufficiency, that to me is success.”

On the recordMay 18, 2015
If we are moving people from dependency on the government to independent, self-sufficiency, that to me is success.
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Andy Barr
Republican · Kentucky

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Barr emphasizes the importance of transitioning individuals to self-sufficiency.

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