Americans consistently believe welfare should primarily serve as a bridge to self sufficiency, empowering able-bodied recipients with the tools to secure a job, lift oneself out of poverty, and provide for one's family.
Reichert emphasizes the importance of welfare as a means to achieve self-sufficiency.
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Yes. Again, I just want to thank all of you for being here today and for your testimony.
It provided an ability to adapt and respond quickly to critical law enforcement incidents.
I just look like I have been here 40. I have been here 12 years, but this is the first 16-year-old witness... and she did outstanding.
I lived on the street, too. I ran away when I was a senior in high school and lived in an old car.
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