Political Quotes

“today I am announcing a legislative package on behalf of myself and Senators Dole, Kassebaum, Thurmond, D'Amato, and Lugar to reform the Social Security disability process and to stop taxpayers' dollars from fueling the addictions of illegal drug users and other substance abusers. Absurd as it must seem to hardworking Americans, who see more and more of their paychecks going to taxes, and to severely disabled persons who truly need assistance, we are now paying over a billion dollars a year in disability payments to drug addicts and alcoholics-- many of whom are using taxpayer dollars to buy more drugs and alcohol. This legislative package is the result of an investigation of the SSI and SSDI programs that was conducted by the Minority Staff of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and the General Accounting Office. Our investigation found that the current policy of allowing addicts and alcoholics to use disability payments to turn around and buy more drugs and drink seriously undermines our efforts to combat crime, promote preventive health care and reform our welfare system.”