Jeff Miller: “I rise today to ask President Clinton a simple question. Will you sign the welfare reform legislation? Everyone in this…”

“I rise today to ask President Clinton a simple question. Will you sign the welfare reform legislation? Everyone in this Chamber wants to save our children. Every one in America agrees the current welfare system has failed our children. We have worked on a bipartisan basis in both Chambers to deliver reforms that free the most vulnerable children in America from a life of dependency on a faceless, uncaring bureaucracy. We are one step away. All we need is President Clinton's signature. Here's what he must decide. Is it fair to leave our most vulnerable children trapped in unsafe schools and unsafe homes? Is it fair to leave kids in a system where the only successful entrepreneurs in the neighborhoods are drug dealers? President Clinton must decide who is more capable of delivering true compassion to these kids. Can a Washington bureaucracy that is saddled with outdated rules and regulations created to appease some special interest group really deliver compassion? I believe neighbors helping neighbors can dramatically change the lives of individual Americans. I hope the President makes the right decision for America's kids.”