Patsy T. Mink: “But what we are concerned about is that once submitting a State plan…”

On the recordJuly 22, 1997

But what we are concerned about is that once submitting a State plan, once acceding to the idea that there would be benchmarks, there is no enforcement mechanism. Under the provisions of this bill, the State could serve not a single displaced homemaker because there is no way in which there can be any sort of enforcement, and that is the consequence that we fear. Most people on both sides of the aisle acknowledge that the funding that was created 13 years ago, setting aside 10 percent of this program for the displaced homemaker, for the single parents, was an extremely worthwhile program. Why create a bill now that is totally different in its mechanism and risk the chance that some of these programs will fall by the wayside at the very time when we are enforcing the welfare reform bill and saying that people on welfare or single parents must find work activity?

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Patsy T. Mink

Hawaii

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Discussing concerns about enforcement mechanisms in welfare reform legislation.

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Patsy T. Mink: “But what we are concerned about is that once submitting a State plan, once acceding to the idea that there would be…”

Editor's note · Context