John B. Breaux: “What I am trying to do is say to the States that are getting Federal money with their State money, if the State looks at…”

“What I am trying to do is say to the States that are getting Federal money with their State money, if the State looks at their population and the State sees children who are being put in need because we have cut off their parent, that we should use funds to take care of the needs of those children. The State determines what the need is. The State determines how to help that child. The State determines whether to help that child or not. They can make a decision this child does not need help. But if the State makes a decision that there is a child in need, and he has been put in need because the parent has been cut off of welfare assistance, that we should have a requirement that they use Federal and State funds to take care of that need. How much they do is left up to the State. How they do it is left up to the State. But, by gosh, we have an obligation here to say that we are not going to let children go hungry or uncared for.”