Cliff Stearns: “last week the administration presented its welfare reform package to Congress. It appears that Mr. Clinton's plan to end…”

“last week the administration presented its welfare reform package to Congress. It appears that Mr. Clinton's plan to end welfare as we know it will only move a fraction of all parents on welfare onto the work rolls over a 5-year period. Reports indicate that the President calls for $15 billion in new social services spending. Instead of matching his promise to move all able-bodied recipients from welfare to work, the Clinton administration would exempt two-thirds of the 5 million families on welfare from any time limits or work requirements. Where is the reform, Mr. Speaker? Working class families were promised a middle-class tax cut by Bill Clinton. What happened? The President ended up increasing taxes. The President also promised the American people health care reform that would change things for the better. Yet his plan would end up costing jobs, reducing wages, and increasing taxes. Mr. Speaker, in each of these cases, Republicans have real reform plans that will produce results.”