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Lincoln Chafee: “My query is this, to the distinguished sponsor of the amendment. It seems to me that, as I understand it, Indians make…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 1995
My query is this, to the distinguished sponsor of the amendment. It seems to me that, as I understand it, Indians make up 1.5 percent of the AFDC caseload. There are different figures given here, but I heard no figure more than 2 percent. Therefore, it is hard to understand why 3 percent should be set aside for this group that makes up 1.5 or 2 percent--whatever it is--of the caseload. I would appreciate if the distinguished Senator could give us some help on that.
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Lincoln Chafee
Rhode Island

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Questioning the allocation of funds for Indians in the AFDC program during Senate floor debate.

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