Political Quotes

“It is one of the two or three, I think, most significant amendments we will have during the consideration of this bill, because it is such an important linchpin to the whole debate on welfare. It determines whether or not the so-called welfare reform proposal can actually work. Let me, first of all, thank my colleague from Massachusetts for his support in putting this amendment together, and for his support not just today and recently, but over the years. As he has pointed out, Mr. President, going back some 5, 6, 7 years ago, we were able to fashion a child care proposal, the very first, I might add, ever adopted by a Congress with the exception of the period in about 1942 or 1943 when, in the middle of World War II, the Congress appropriated $50 million for a national child care program for the obvious reasons.”