Political Quotes

“here we go again. Welfare reform is a serious issue, and we should not play politics with it. This is a bad bill, and Members on the other side of the aisle know that. This President has put forth a bill that will penalize those who are trying so desperately to change their lives. What do they mean by making a welfare mother with children under 6 work for 40 hours while they are trying to get into training programs and change their lives? We need to assess each individual and decide what they need. If they need to be in school for 2 years because they dropped out early, if they need counseling, if they need to have an opportunity to have a substance abuse program to change their lives, we should be doing that. Instead, what we are doing is taking away vocational education, doing nothing to make sure that the health care needs are taken care. No, there is not enough money in this budget for child care. Parents cannot go to work and be trained without child care. Yet there is a lot of money in the bill, $300 million, to talk about promoting marriage. Give me a break. Let us give welfare recipients a chance to become independent.”