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Ben Cardin: “You and I were in the House of Representatives when we changed from AFDC to TANF, and one of the areas that we really…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2015
You and I were in the House of Representatives when we changed from AFDC to TANF, and one of the areas that we really tried to harp on was to deal with the basic structures of people being able not only to get a job, not only to be able to keep a job, but to move up the economic ladder.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin recalls legislative changes aimed at improving job retention and economic mobility.

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