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Mike Conaway: If there are jobs available--may not be the job that they necessarily want, but a job is a job, and so having these…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2019
If there are jobs available--may not be the job that they necessarily want, but a job is a job, and so having these folks have the initiative to get off the welfare programs and go to work is particularly important.
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Mike Conaway
Texas

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Conaway emphasizes the importance of job availability for welfare recipients to encourage work.

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