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John Thune: “We have work requirements, work requirements that were…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Senator John Thune Advocates for Extending Tax Cuts and Medicaid Reforms

Published | Video Starts at 14:13

And yes, it includes some savings associated with reforms that are made in a way that targets assistance from federal programs to where it was intended to go. And yes, We have work requirements, work requirements that were initiated by Bill Clinton and the Clinton administration during welfare reform back in the 1990s. Only I would say again, they're not as strong. The work requirements included in that legislation back in the 1990s. What we have in this bill, the work requirements here are not as strong. (14:13–14:24)

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Asserts that the bill includes work requirements similar to those initiated during the Clinton administration's welfare reform.

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