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John Cornyn: “Implementing work requirements for able-bodied adults in our…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Senator John Cornyn Advocates for Tax Cuts and Fiscal Responsibility in Senate Speech

Published | Video Starts at 08:57

But the good news is this is our opportunity right now. One avenue to achieving some of these savings that I want to talk about today is Implementing work requirements for able-bodied adults in our means-tested programs is nothing new. There's a number of them, including Medicaid, food stamps, now known as snap, nutrition programs in the farm bill that have means testing. (08:57–09:05)

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