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John W. Olver: I want to say that I am a supporter of Moving to Work; but the language here is clearly authorizing language, and we…

On the recordJuly 24, 2007
I want to say that I am a supporter of Moving to Work; but the language here is clearly authorizing language, and we have not been accepting authorizing language at any point in this debate. So, I would be very happy to work with the gentleman on the Moving to Work program, and urge him to withdraw the amendment.
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John W. Olver
Massachusetts

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Discussing an amendment related to the Moving to Work program.

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