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Lloyd Doggett: “To get SSI you also have to have a very severe disability, and the Congress in 1996 in the welfare legislation then…”

On the recordOctober 26, 2011
To get SSI you also have to have a very severe disability, and the Congress in 1996 in the welfare legislation then upped the severity standard greatly.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett emphasizes the strict criteria for SSI eligibility.

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