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Joe Barton: “Many would be forced to return home to a home life with extreme challenges, no work, lack of skills, lack of education.”

On the recordJune 21, 2017
Many would be forced to return home to a home life with extreme challenges, no work, lack of skills, lack of education.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton explains the negative consequences for youth if the Job Corps program is eliminated.

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