The focus on the debate was not about what is good for the individual recipient at the end of the welfare stream, to give them a helping hand up, the whole debate was between the politicians as to who was going to control the spending and who was going to put the accountability measures in. We spent a whole day waiting as politicians fought not about what was best, but who was going to be in control, whether it was going to be politicians in Washington or bureaucrats and politicians at the State level.
Pete Hoekstra: “The focus on the debate was not about what is good for the individual recipient at the end of the welfare stream, to…”
On the recordMay 15, 2002
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Discussing the focus of the welfare reform debate in the House.
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