Ms. Norton, one-seventh of this economy he turned over to Mrs. Clinton to write a health care bill. She did that in less than a year. You have admitted, or you have stated very forcefully, that there is a welfare crisis in this country. I ask, don't you think he could have produced one?
Questioning the administration's response to the welfare crisis during a discussion on health care.
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If she cannot find a job, we will get one for her. We need more child care, we need cleaning up at the housing projects, we need these things. All we require is that after that 2 years she is going to work for these benefits.
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