On the recordDecember 15, 2011
In closing, again, this legislation continues TANF and related programs for an additional 9 months--it was going to run out on December 31--while making both needed and also bipartisan reforms and changes that are going to improve program integrity. I appreciate the comments of all of the Members here on the floor today who have joined us in support of the bill. I look forward to working with them to continually improve how TANF helps low-income adults work and also become self-sufficient in the months ahead. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Paulsen) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3659, as amended. The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________
