Lincoln Chafee: “My query is this, to the distinguished sponsor of the amendment. It…”

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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