Jason Smith actually said...

"If we don't get welfare right, then we run the risk of trapping people in a generational cycle of poverty."

"I hope this can be the area where Congress can come together and ensure that our welfare policies will work for a new generation."

"Is that the real--it is okay. It is a position. It is a view of the world and government's role. It is not my view, but is that--and I am not being cute about it. Is that the intention of these expans..."

"I am looking for a course correction, and I see nothing but doubling down on the policies that are driving the deficit spending and the debt and very little consideration, in my opinion, for our child..."