On the recordJune 25, 1997
It did take the Republican Congress, the 104th Congress, to deliver on the President's commitment to end welfare as we know it. And the impact that this is going to have, the gentleman is absolutely right, we should not equate it in terms of money saved. The way we need to look at this is the impact that it will have on people's lives. The wrongness of the welfare system was driven home to me when I was a medical student. As my colleagues know, I am a physician. I will never forget my first day on my Ob-Gyn rotation as a junior medical student. I was sent to the Erie County Medical Center to work in the clinic there, and my first patient the first day was a 15-year-old young lady who was pregnant out of wedlock.
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