Steve Southerland: “They want to control their future. They want to take ownership. They don't want you to control their future.”

I now yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia, Majority Leader Cantor, who represents a State in which, as a result of the 1996 work requirement, welfare rolls were reduced by over 84 percent.

The numbers don't lie. America's welfare system is broken. Food stamp benefits have tripled in the past decade. There are more Americans living in poverty today than when the war on poverty was launched a half century ago. Instead of…

The Food Stamp Program, or SNAP, is a food supplement program whose intended purpose is to assure individuals with the very lowest incomes have enough to eat.

By direction of the Republican Conference, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 82 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are hereby…