Political Quotes

“Much of today's welfare news is good. There are fewer welfare and food stamp recipients today than when President Clinton took office. The poverty rate is down and teen pregnancy rates are lower in most States. Teen birth rates have dropped as well. Child support collections have grown and welfare reform is alive and well in States, thanks to 38 waivers approved by the Clinton administration. Unfortunately, we have not made much progress on national welfare reform. Partisan politics seems to have gotten in the way, and that is a shame. President Clinton has twice sent Congress welfare reform proposals. He wants a bill that requires work, promotes responsibility, and protects children. He would impose tough time limits and work requirements, provide more funding for child care, require teen parents to live at home and stay in school, and crack down on child support enforcement. And that is real welfare reform. He vetoed the Republican plan, H.R. 4, because it was not real welfare reform.”