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Bill Delahunt: Welfare kings. What about, Madam Speaker, this $22 billion? Who is it going to? It is going to the welfare kings in this…

On the recordMarch 8, 2006
Welfare kings. What about, Madam Speaker, this $22 billion? Who is it going to? It is going to the welfare kings in this country. That is who is receiving it. It is a tax on Americans. We had a savings of $22 billion, but somebody, behind closed doors, by the way, without the presence of the minority party, decided to give it to some welfare kings.
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Bill Delahunt
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