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Derrick Van Orden: “85% of my fellow Wisconsinites want able-bodied adults…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Van Orden Delivers Opening Remarks in House Agriculture Committee Reconciliation Markup

Published | Video Starts at 01:51

… sense and it is scaled and then the individual work requirement people are going to be held accountable for that. This is an 85% issue in the state of Wisconsin. 85% of my fellow Wisconsinites want able-bodied adults without dependents to work at least 20 hours or go to school for 20 hours or have job training for 20 hours. That's not too much to ask. Overpayments, waste, fraud and abuse have plagued programs like snap. And it is statistically impossible to have a program this big and not have fraud involved in it. (01:51–02:01)

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Asserts that 85% of Wisconsinites support work or education requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents.

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