Well, I think there has to be a safety net, and there must be--and I think that is what we are supporting on our side. One of the problems, and the problem that we really have not--not approached here as a Congress is the question of male responsibility. There are more teenaged kids having babies, more single mothers having babies, and the father gets a free ride. I have heard of instances--two and three in the hospital at the same time.
Discussing the need for male responsibility in the context of teen pregnancies and single motherhood.
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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.
Even without housing, it amounts to $12,000 a year in the State of Florida, and I think it is even higher in your State of California.
But I compliment you for your candor because what we are trying to do is to craft a welfare bill that will empower the poor and get them out of the cycle of poverty. Would you support a bill that requires work after 2 years, 2 years and…
If you would send us your bill, I would be happy to see it because I have not seen the Democratic bill, and----
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