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Mark Hatfield: “In Oregon, we are reducing our welfare roles by training our workers and putting people to work. This is being…”

On the recordAugust 1, 1996
In Oregon, we are reducing our welfare roles by training our workers and putting people to work. This is being accomplished through a concerted effort of local, State and Federal officials striving together towards a common goal of putting people to work. We are demonstrating that welfare reform is an integrated system of job training, child care, personal responsibility, and health care.
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Mark Hatfield
Oregon

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Discussing welfare reform efforts in Oregon.

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