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On the recordJuly 23, 2014
In New Mexico, you have managed to cut TANF benefits and reduce the number of participants in the program by 35 percent.
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Michelle Lujan Grisham
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan Grisham criticizes New Mexico's reduction of TANF benefits and participant numbers.

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