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Mitt Romney: With a very careful executive action, he removed the requirement of work from welfare. It is wrong to make any change…

On the recordAugust 9, 2012
With a very careful executive action, he removed the requirement of work from welfare. It is wrong to make any change that would make America more of a nation of government dependency. We must restore and I will restore work into welfare.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Romney criticizes President Obama's changes to welfare requirements, asserting the need to restore work requirements.

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