03/28/2000
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"If we didn't do anything, about 4 in 10 people on welfare would continue to be on a while, get the help they need, get right off, and go on with their lives."
"The system we have—the way it works, especially for people with very young children made it actually—it was a disincentive for a lot of people to get off welfare."
"These will not be make-work jobs."
"Women deserve to be rewarded on an equal basis for their contributions to the American work force."