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Major Owens: “You have said that the plans that are being developed by the White House indicate they want to focus in on the youngest…”

On the recordMarch 24, 1994
You have said that the plans that are being developed by the White House indicate they want to focus in on the youngest welfare recipients, which means that the ones coming in now, the youngest ones, would have the youngest children.
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Major Owens
New York

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Discussing welfare policy and its impact on young recipients.

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