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Mike Kennedy: “The federal government doesn't do a good job with these…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 38:07

Absolutely, we should do that. And there are a multitude of opportunities for us to make that better for these people. Once again, I don't think The federal government doesn't do a good job with these things. There are too many states and too many different circumstances. So for the federal government to allow states more flexibility associated with these programs at the same time being responsible for taxpayer dollars, in other words, we don't want states, and we do see states abusing these dollars. (38:07–38:16)

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Asserts that the federal government is ineffective due to the diverse circumstances across states.

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