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James Lankford: “Last year, when we passed the Working Families Tax Cut act…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Lankford Joins Mornings with Maria

Published | Video Starts at 06:01

So I don't care as long as the money is coming into the state. We've seen this in multiple areas of the country. Last year, when we passed the Working Families Tax Cut act, we actually dealt head on with this SNAP fraud issue. It was a huge issue where our Democratic colleagues vehemently opposed us over and over saying, you're taking money away from people. We were simply focusing in on the fraud areas. (06:01–06:08)

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Asserts that the Working Families Tax Cut Act addressed the SNAP fraud issue.

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