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Lloyd Doggett: “They go down over time. TANF is down by 40 percent.”

On the recordJune 24, 2015
They go down over time. TANF is down by 40 percent.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Highlighting the decline in funding for block grant programs.

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