On the recordMarch 5, 1996
Very clearly we have to reform the welfare system that fails too many of our fellow citizens and too often subsidizes illegitimacy, really, with our current welfare system, and this political constituency of dependency that has been created back here in Washington over the last three to four decades created a welfare state, if you will, where too many families now find themselves also dependent on welfare over several generations, and again that has led to soaring rates of illegitimacy and family disintegration in America. I think the American people know the welfare system is broke. They certainly have every right to expect of us that we will acknowledge the problem and attempt to fix it in a bipartisan manner. Again, that is exactly what we have done. That is the legislation the President vetoed. That is the legislation that is heartily recommended and endorsed by 45 of the Governors meeting back here in February.
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