Political Quotes

“I yield myself 3 minutes. This bill has one purpose: to provide a fig leaf of credibility for a political attack ad that has no credibility whatsoever. Every independent fact checker has said the attack ad on the President is false. Governor Romney's claim that President Obama is eliminating work requirements for welfare recipients has been called ``a pants on fire'' lie and given four Pinocchios for dishonesty. {time} 1430 The Republican staffer, Ron Haskins, who helped draft the 1996 welfare law says the charge is baseless. I quote: The idea that the administration is going to overturn welfare reform is ridiculous. Here are the facts. Any demonstration project allowed under the guidance announced by HHS would have to be designed to increase the employment of TANF recipients, would be subject to rigorous evaluation, and would be terminated if it failed to meet employment goals. The whole administration effort is about promoting ``more work, not less,'' as eloquently stated by President Clinton, who led efforts on welfare reform. The administration heard from State officials that if they're allowed to focus more on outcomes and less on paperwork, they can put more people to work. So HHS said to the States, including Republican Governors who asked for this: Prove it. We may hear the majority state that HHS does not have the authority to provide waivers, but that's not the conclusion reached by the nonpartisan CRS.…”