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Jamie Raskin: “Thank you very much. I actually want to start by following up on Mr. Jordan's line of questioning. I don't know where…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2018
Thank you very much. I actually want to start by following up on Mr. Jordan's line of questioning. I don't know where the 11 percent number comes from, but if 10 or 11 percent of 40 million people were being convicted of fraud under the program, if my math is right, that would be more than 4 million people.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin questions the validity of fraud statistics related to food stamp programs.

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