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Chris Van Hollen: “If you were to eliminate a lot of those programs, you would have close to 40 million more Americans in poverty.”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
If you were to eliminate a lot of those programs, you would have close to 40 million more Americans in poverty.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen argues that social programs prevent millions from falling into poverty.

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