Karen Bass: “I bring to your attention an editorial which appears in today's New Hampshire Union Leader entitled, Rubber President…”

“I bring to your attention an editorial which appears in today's New Hampshire Union Leader entitled, Rubber President, Here's Bill Clinton, Contortionist Extraordinaire. The editorial discusses the fact that the President has twice vetoed welfare reform and yet, if I may quote, it says, ``Knowing Bob Dole has scheduled a major speech today on the subject of welfare, Mr. Clinton did an about-face over the weekend to declare his support for Wisconsin's Republican welfare reform plan. Unbelievable. Governor Tommy Thompson's innovative Wisconsin Works program embodies more reform, a lot more reform, than either of the two bills Mr. Clinton vetoed. But now the President says he thinks Governor Thompson's approach is just peachy. Republicans should call Mr. Clinton's bluff. They should not let him get away with telling the voters he is for welfare reform while vetoing sensible reform bills. Congress should present him with a welfare reform bill based on the Wisconsin plan and dare him to veto what he says he supports. That is what we will do today, Mr. Speaker. We are going to introduce a sensible welfare reform bill.”