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Emanuel Cleaver: I can't yield because I don't have enough time. But most everything you've said was TANF. The other two questions that I…

On the recordJuly 12, 2007
I can't yield because I don't have enough time. But most everything you've said was TANF. The other two questions that I will ask very quickly is, if a person lives in public housing or section 8, does it mean that they're on welfare?
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

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Discussing welfare and housing during a debate.

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