On the recordMay 4, 1994
If the gentleman would allow me, if only a third of the welfare recipients get housing, if 70 percent of Medicaid goes to disabled and elderly, to claim them as welfare is not correct.
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Discussing the distribution of welfare and Medicaid funds.
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