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On the recordFebruary 27, 2013
the responsibility for those failures is shared by many: States who did not do their part; an Administration that has not come forward with its own plan; and Republicans here in Congress who have continued to build on old, flawed stereotypes.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett blames multiple parties for the failures of welfare reform.

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