Political Quotes

“I would like to approach this subject from a slightly different angle, which is to make the case that Federal initiatives have begun to show real results in moving persons from welfare to work. It took a little while for the 1988 legislation to take hold, but it did. What we put at risk at this point is giving up all that social learning, about 20 years really, that built up to the 1988 legislation and has followed on since. The Senator from Louisiana mentioned it when in the Chamber he gave a clip from a Louisiana paper, in Baton Rouge, 'Project Independence Trims Welfare Rolls Across State.' Just a few days ago, last week, we heard Senator Harkin of Iowa describe the legislation that had been adopted for new pilot projects on welfare around Iowa, passed by Governor Branstad, now having 2 years of experience. 'The number of people who work doubled, went up by almost 100 percent and the expenditures per case are also down by about 10 percent.' And I point out once again that is the Family Support Act.”