Bernie Moreno: “There's 8 million Americans sitting on the sidelines.”

“There's also going to have welfare reform to make certain that there's some sort of state directed work requirement for able bodied Americans. So There's 8 million Americans sitting on the sidelines. Let's get them trained up, let's get them engaged in the workforce. Now that we have a secure border, we can do more reasonable things with immigration if we need to bring people here on our terms.” (05:43–05:47)

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