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Tom Tiffany: “This has been done twice successfully in Wisconsin. Governor…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Tom Tiffany one-on-one with CBS 58's Meredith Hackler

Published | Video Starts at 07:08

Oh, we have plenty of people working at the state level that can administer this program. I mean look, This has been done twice successfully in Wisconsin. Governor Thompson did it back in the 1990s with his program and they were able to get able-bodied people to work and it reduced our welfare roles significantly. It was done again after the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009. This has been proven to work. We can do it again. (07:08–07:24)

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Asserts that a program in the 1990s reduced welfare rolls significantly in Wisconsin.

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