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John B. Breaux: “Let me ask the Senator something further. We have a lot of Federal programs that provide benefits and loans. For…”

On the recordJuly 18, 1996
Let me ask the Senator something further. We have a lot of Federal programs that provide benefits and loans. For instance, the Senator is aware of the farm programs. The Farmers Home Administration has loan programs and things that are beneficial to farmers. They try to communicate that information to the farm community to let them know that we have a program that does the following three things. ``If you are interested, come in and talk to us.'' Would this prohibit the Social Security people from doing the same thing that other Federal programs are able to do with regard to informing people about the benefits of the program?
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John B. Breaux

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Discussing the communication of benefits by federal programs during a Senate debate.

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