Lynn C. Woolsey: “assuming over 50 percent of the 75 percent of individuals not going to college are women, if we really want to reduce…”

“assuming over 50 percent of the 75 percent of individuals not going to college are women, if we really want to reduce the number of families on welfare, we should thank our colleague, the gentlewoman from Hawaii for offering this amendment. I am personally very proud to support girls and women in vocational education, and I am proud of the coauthorship of this amendment with my colleague from Hawaii, and the gentlewoman from Maryland and the gentlewoman from California and the gentlewoman from California. Clearly, this amendment proves that the real welfare reform for families, those who are on welfare, will get off the rolls if we take care of women and their children. This amendment prevents families not only from being on welfare and helping them get off of welfare, it prevents them from going on welfare in the first place. The Mink amendment is real welfare reform. It does that because it preserves vocational education programs that give women the skills they need to get jobs that pay a livable wage.”