09/27/1983
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"Public money should not be used for abortions; many liberals said it should be."
"I feel compelled to add that these bills are by no means perfect."
"I've often said that genuine welfare reform must be geared to making people independent of welfare; and that means, among other things, that those who receive welfare must be required to work."
"Nevertheless, simply getting timely congressional action is a great achievement."