Political Quotes

On the recordMay 4, 1994
I do object. Two years and you are off is too limiting. But I think that we should be working so that we get people off, into jobs that pay a family wage and keep them off forever.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California

Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about welfare reform and job placement.

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