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It will help stem the rising cost, but advocates here argue that many low-income americans already work. this keeps with the trump administration's push to tighten work requirements on government assistan assistance. earlier this month, donald trump ordered agencies to review welfare work rules. the government expanded requirements for people on medicaid and on food stamps. we are hours away from the summit with south korean president moon jae-in and north korean president kim jong un. this is what we received in a report from christiane amanpour. >> are you surprised how quickly this moment...

A farm bill expands s.n.a.p. work requirements. most adults work part-time or enroll in job training. if not, they could lose assistance for up to three years. house agriculture committee chair mike conaway wrote benefits are responsible, but equally important is helping the same people climb back out of poverty. consumer advocates say many low income americans could work and this could lead to losing crucial assistance. this is the latest on tightening government assistance. president trump reviewed welfare work rules reviews this week. secretary of state nominee mike pompeo has been asked ...

Stamps in the clinton administration. after the welfare work rules were tightened up, 17 million. so it dropped 8 million. 33% drop. the case loads plummeted. 50% in the welfare arena after congress, newt gingrich and bill clinton -- >> it's wonderful. >> bill: we all agree that what they did in '96 was good for the country, for the poor, for everybody. we all agree? >> actually for poor people, yes. >> bill: so why on earth would he want to water that down? he being president obama? why would you want to do that? >> because states within to experiment -- >> bill: wait, wait. who cares whether...

Stamps in the clinton administration. after the welfare work rules were tightened up, 17 million. so it dropped 8 million. 33% drop. the case loads plummeted. 50% in the welfare arena after congress, newt gingrich and bill clinton -- >> it's wonderful. >> bill: we all agree that what they did in '96 was good for the country, for the poor, for everybody. we all agree? >> actually for poor people, yes. >> bill: so why on earth would he want to water that down? he being president obama? why would you want to do that? >> because states within to experiment -- >> bill: wait, wait. who cares whether...

Stamps in the clinton administration. after the welfare work rules were tightened up, 17 million. so it dropped 8 million. 33% drop. the case loads plummeted. 50% in the welfare arena after congress, newt gingrich and bill clinton -- >> it's wonderful. >> bill: we all agree that what they did in '96 was good for the country, for the poor, for everybody. we all agree? >> actually for poor people, yes. >> bill: so why on earth would he want to water that down? he being president obama? why would you want to do that? >> because states within to experiment -- >> bill: wait, wait. who cares whether...