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Rick Santorum: “My feeling is we should allow the States complete flexibility to deal with this issue instead of the overall goal of…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 1995
My feeling is we should allow the States complete flexibility to deal with this issue instead of the overall goal of what percentage of the entire caseload should be in work. I think 50 percent is fair of the entire caseload, given the fact that we know a substantial number cannot work. It is usually around a third. That is what we found. We are even giving more of a fudge factor of another 15 percent or more of people who can work, but we are not going to require them to work or the State required to put them to work.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing state flexibility in managing welfare caseloads during a congressional debate.

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