Lynn C. Woolsey

I would like to expand just a bit on why I think that $250, even though it is not very much money, it is enough. When people are poor, if they cannot count on the money coming in, they cannot budget. But if they know what is coming in…

Aid for Dependent Children can be part of this. If there is not enough, Aid to Dependent Children comes in and add to the support.

Absolutely. I do not think we can have welfare reform unless we have jobs in this Nation which pay a family wage and which train and educate people for those jobs, unless we have true health care reform, and then we can talk about welfare…

I rise today to oppose the Hancock amendments in the strongest terms possible and to urge my colleagues to vote for the Unsoeld perfecting amendment. As a life-long advocate of civil rights, as a career human resources professional, and as…

I would like to thank Representative Mink and Representative Owens for organizing this special order on welfare reform today, and I look forward to participating in an ongoing dialogue and discussion about the essential elements of welfare…

I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote yes on this rule, and, to go to conference on the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances bill. The bill has such strong support that it passed this body by voice vote. This bill is about removing…

I rise today to commemorate women's History Month. I was the chair of the Sonoma County Commission on the status of women in California when 'Women's History Week' was developed. So, in a way, I was the midwife at the birth of this…

first, I want to say that the budget reported by our committee points the Nation in the right direction in almost every way. I would like to thank the gentleman from Minnesota for his hard work in looking out for President Clinton's…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. If we truly expect to meet our first national education goal, that all children shall enter school ready to learn, then preschool transition programs are absolutely essential. Study…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. If we truly expect to meet our first national education goal, that all children shall enter school ready to learn, then preschool transition programs are absolutely essential. Study…

Today Congressman Jay Dickey and I are introducing legislation that will result in rescuing abducted children and returning them safely to their families. We are introducing the Polly Klaas Child Rescue Act of 1994 which would provide…

I rise in support of H.R. 6, Improving America's Schools Act. I first want to thank the chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee], for his unflagging efforts to reach consensus and report out a bill we can all…