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Glenn Thompson: “The pathway to greater opportunity and out of poverty is not an arbitrary executive branch dictate.”

On the recordJune 8, 2016
The pathway to greater opportunity and out of poverty is not an arbitrary executive branch dictate.
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Thompson argues against executive mandates for addressing poverty, advocating for practical solutions instead.

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