Danny Davis said "for those who think welfare reform is working well because caseloads have decreased, I ask them to come with me through low-income neighborhoods across the country. Walk into the many ghettos and barrios in distressed areas and tell those individuals that welfare reform is working. During the caseload plunge, many recipients moved laterally in the employment sector from one low-income, low-wage job to another one. In order to do real welfare reform, we must put hope in the new welfare bill. We must put in job training, education, and transitional movement. We must have a strong fatherhood initiative. Many of the individuals are parents of children. They are incarcerated, in jail, in the penitentiaries. If there is to be hope, we must make welfare reform a reality. If there is no work, there is no hope, and there is no welfare to work." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 25, 2002

for those who think welfare reform is working well because caseloads have decreased, I ask them to come with me through low-income neighborhoods across the country. Walk into the many ghettos and barrios in distressed areas and tell those individuals that welfare reform is working. During the caseload plunge, many recipients moved laterally in the employment sector from one low-income, low-wage job to another one. In order to do real welfare reform, we must put hope in the new welfare bill. We must put in job training, education, and transitional movement. We must have a strong fatherhood initiative. Many of the individuals are parents of children. They are incarcerated, in jail, in the penitentiaries. If there is to be hope, we must make welfare reform a reality. If there is no work, there is no hope, and there is no welfare to work.

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Danny Davis

Democratic · Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the effectiveness of welfare reform and its impact on low-income communities.

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