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Mike Rogers: “If you're on welfare and food assistance, there's a new law…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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A Conversation With Mike Rogers | #MPC26

Published | Video Starts at 19:31

But it can't. We shouldn't institutionalize this so that you and your next generation are all trapped into the cycle of poverty and welfare and other things. If you're on welfare and food assistance, there's a new law that says you have to work 20 hours a week. My argument is take the first 40 hours of that, do a reading assessment. Because think of the statistics. I told you. (19:31–19:37)

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Asserts there is a new law requiring welfare and food assistance recipients to work 20 hours a week.

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