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Major Owens: would the gentlewoman also agree that collecting from fathers who are not in the home, who do not have jobs, is almost…

On the recordMarch 24, 1994
would the gentlewoman also agree that collecting from fathers who are not in the home, who do not have jobs, is almost an impossibility and so a jobs program is an absolute necessity for a large percentage of the fathers involved here?
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Major Owens
New York

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Discussing the challenges of child support collection from unemployed fathers.

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