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Ted Cruz: “Expanding work requirements to receive federal benefits is…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Ted Cruz Discusses Senate Amendments to Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' and Medicaid Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 07:40

So, for example, removing illegal aliens from federal government welfare benefits, that saves hundreds of billions of dollars. That is a major cost savings. Another is Expanding work requirements to receive federal benefits is incredibly helpful and beneficial for young, healthy people. We saw the great success of welfare reform in 1995, welfare reform that put work requirements on just one federal welfare program. And it resulted in millions of people going back to work, getting a job. (07:40–07:51)

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