Roscoe Bartlett: “it's been a 2-year struggle, but I welcome President Clinton's support for the bipartisan effort by the 104th Congress…”

“it's been a 2-year struggle, but I welcome President Clinton's support for the bipartisan effort by the 104th Congress to save generations of Americans from the poverty trap of the failed welfare system. These commonsense welfare reforms will end welfare as a way of life. These commonsense welfare reforms will ensure that able-bodied citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 without children must work in order to get welfare benefits. These commonsense welfare reforms will help preserve families and give them a helping hand to self-sufficiency instead of discouraging marriage and encouraging illegitimacy. These commonsense welfare reforms will end the tyranny of Washington bureaucrats preventing our State Governors from instituting innovative programs to help their neediest citizens become self-sufficient. Most important, these commonsense welfare reforms will help save children, communities, and cities from the horrific cycle of poverty and violence which has destroyed so many lives. Welfare reform is a victory for all Americans.”