Bill Clinton: “Well, first of all, philosophically, I did envision exactly what would happen. I thought the States would have a lot of…”

“Well, first of all, philosophically, I did envision exactly what would happen. I thought the States would have a lot of room to experiment, and I'm glad--I've kept my word. I have granted more freedom to States to experiment in welfare and health care in 3 years than Presidents Reagan and Bush did in 12 years. That is, even though we have not passed a welfare reform bill, there are now, because of the 50 experiments in 37 States that we've granted, there are now almost three- fourths, 73 percent of the welfare population in America is under welfare reform right now.”