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Jodey Arrington: just to be clear, the CBO doesn't say economic benefits. It talks about Federal resources. That letter actually affirms…

On the recordMay 21, 2025
just to be clear, the CBO doesn't say economic benefits. It talks about Federal resources. That letter actually affirms the success of our bill. Because of reasonable, commonsense work requirements and because of prohibitions on illegal immigrants getting taxpayer-funded social services, we will actually have people moving up and out of the welfare trap. We won't have people siphoning off money who are not eligible. That is success--not to them, but success to my Republican colleagues.
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Jodey Arrington
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the success of a bill related to welfare reform and work requirements.

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