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Jim McDermott: “I think that term 'welfare' is what is very misleading.”

On the recordApril 4, 2011
I think that term 'welfare' is what is very misleading.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing the stigma associated with the term 'welfare'.

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