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Mike Kennedy: “My effort would be to more block grant those dollars to…”

Featuring: Mike Kennedy, Republican | U.S. House Utah, 3rd Congressional District

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Why Rep. Mike Kennedy Says Welfare Needs Stronger Work Requirements

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… responsible for taxpayer dollars, in other words, we don't want states, and we do see states abusing these dollars. We want states to be accountable to the federal government. But My effort would be to more block grant those dollars to states with some parameters for performance. and then let the states clear the Runway for these people and then be accountable to the people. One last question on sort of the state flexibility, because that features strongly in our report on benefits cliffs. (38:33–38:40)

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Advocates for block granting federal funds to states with performance parameters.

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