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Joe Crowley: “Welfare recipients are parents. Not entirely, but for the most part. Often single parents at that.”

On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
Welfare recipients are parents. Not entirely, but for the most part. Often single parents at that.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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Crowley emphasizes the importance of recognizing welfare recipients as primarily single parents.

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