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Troy Downing: “It's not taking benefits away from people who are entitled…”

Featuring: Troy Downing, Republican | U.S. House Montana, 2nd Congressional District

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Extended interview with U.S. Rep. Troy Downing

Published | Video Starts at 03:50

… the billions and billions of dollars in fraudulent payments that have been made in that system, it needs to be reformed. And so what is happening under this bill is It's not taking benefits away from people who are entitled to them. It's basically cleaning up the system so that more can be spent on those who are entitled. And so there are some reforms in there with work requirements, and that's how this program was put together in the first place. (03:50–03:54)

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Asserts that the bill does not remove benefits from those entitled to them.

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