Political Quotes

“the Catholic Conference of Kentucky has written a letter endorsing and supporting my amendment. Catholic Conference of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, July 19, 1996. Senator Wendell Ford, Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Dear Senator Ford: As you are well aware from previous correspondence with the Catholic Conference of Kentucky, the Bishops have major concerns about the welfare reform legislation which passed the House on Thursday. The Family Cap, which your voting record has been perfect on, will prohibit states from using federal funds to provide cash assistance to children born to current welfare recipients. The ``opt-out'' provision is virtually a federal mandatory cap. We ask you to continue to support removing this prohibition on Kentucky's use of federal funds for Kentucky's children. The Social Safety Net would no longer exist as this bill ends the guarantee of basic assistance to poor children and families. Please support any amendments which would allow Kentucky to meet their needs through continued support either as cash payments or vouchers when they reach the time limit.”