John Ensign: “using common sense, would we set up a welfare system that told a pregnant teenage mom, Listen, do not live with your…”

“using common sense, would we set up a welfare system that told a pregnant teenage mom, Listen, do not live with your parents; we will get you an apartment; do not get a job; do not save any money; you can have any man live with you except for the father of the child and, by the way, if you want more money, have another child out of wedlock? Let us put party politics aside here. Let us let the American people win for the first time in a long time. Let us pass this legitimate welfare reform bill that we have on the House floor today. If you are an able-bodied American, you are going to be required to work. We are going to provide child care money for you to transition from welfare to work, and we are going to provide job training. We have a program in Las Vegas called Opportunity Village. It is a program for mentally disabled people. We have enough compassion in Las Vegas to help people that are mentally disabled get into a job. Let us have enough compassion on welfare recipients to help them get into a job.”