And for example, my home state of Texas, we received $318 for every child in poverty, the lowest proportional TANF grant in the country. Meanwhile, New York receives nearly $3,000 in TANF funding per child. So any conversation about republican states not providing enough basic assistance needs to recognize that this is a very important fact, that republican states are getting significantly less dollars per family in poverty than our democrat peers. (02:12–02:18)
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Asserts that New York receives nearly $3,000 per child in TANF funding.
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