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Bill Lee: We can't have sick people trying to work, we cannot have people who don't receive enough to eat.

On the recordMay 23, 2016
We can't have sick people trying to work, we cannot have people who don't receive enough to eat.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for health care and basic needs to enable work.

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