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Gwen Moore: “I was at the scene of the crime in 1996 when then Governor…”

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore Discusses the Worker Relief and Credit Reform Act at the Right to Care Conference

Published April 29, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:48

Let me just tell you what inspired me to come to Congress. And I didn't know that I'd ever run. But I was at the scene of the crime in 1996 when then Governor Tommy G. Thompson ended welfare as we know it. And he became the model for Bill Clinton ending welfare. Him and Newt Gingrich. And I vowed that I would do something to try to fix the situation of low wage people not having any kind of safety net. (09:48–09:57)

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Asserts that Governor Tommy G. Thompson ended welfare as it was known in 1996.

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