John B. Breaux: “We are talking about participation rates. We are talking about really…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 1995

We are talking about participation rates. We are talking about really work rates, not participating in a program. We feel we have enough programs out there. We are not judging the success of our bill on people participating in programs, but on participation in actual work. We go from 20 percent up to 50 percent in actual work, in jobs, in earning their benefits that they are receiving--not participation in the sense of participating in a job training program, but actually require working; they move from 20 percent up to 50 percent in a work program, actually working.

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Discussing the focus on actual work participation rates in a proposed bill.

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