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Pat Ryan: “We should treat two-parent families exactly the way we treat single families.”

On the recordJuly 30, 2013
We should treat two-parent families exactly the way we treat single families.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ryan advocates for equal treatment of two-parent and single-parent families in welfare.

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