Welfare reform began in 1965... we ought to return to a work oriented welfare system.
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Discussing the origins and goals of welfare reform.
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I think, when you have a Republican Congress, this is all going to come crashing down, and the wolves are going to find out that they`re now sheep. And they`re the ones who are, in fact, going to, I think, face a real risk of jail for the kind of laws they are breaking.
But I will tell you this. I think that the most compassionate thing that Members of Congress can do is to say we need to take people from government dependence, welfare, and move them to technical training, move them to work, move them to self-sufficiency.





