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Joel Hefley: “it is time for us to admit to ourselves that the grandiose welfare programs of the 1960's have failed. Welfare has been…”

On the recordMarch 8, 1995
it is time for us to admit to ourselves that the grandiose welfare programs of the 1960's have failed. Welfare has been riddled with crime and abuse for years. At long last, it is time to fix the welfare system from just maintaining the poor to transforming the poor. Middle-income Americans no longer equate compassion with spending more money in Washington for programs that do not work. Money is not the answer. Change is the answer. And that is what we want to do-- change the welfare system so that it works for the people not against the people. The three principles of change are personal responsibility, work, and State control. Mr. Speaker, we are keeping our promises. Instead of defending the status quo, we will produce real change.
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Joel Hefley
Republican · Colorado
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Addressing the need for welfare reform and criticizing past welfare programs.

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