David Funderburk: “I am happy to associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Indiana. Mr. Speaker, when Bill Clinton campaigned…”

“I am happy to associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Indiana. Mr. Speaker, when Bill Clinton campaigned for President as a new Democrat he promised to end welfare as we know it. What happened? The Democrats first so-called reform actually expanded welfare spending by $110 billion and it destroyed what was left of workfare. It was business as usual; more government, more taxes, more bureaucrats. But you know what Mr. Speaker, the American people weren't fooled. Last November, they said to the liberals, ``enough is enough.'' They understood that in no area is the intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of the American left more apparent than in welfare reform. The liberal left's notion of reform is to spend more of other peoples' money. Their notion is to have the poverty industry and the professionally indignant churn out more of the perverse regulations and programs which have turned so many of our people into a mass of favor seekers. This is the liberal Democrats' version of welfare reform: Have a child out of wedlock, don't have a job, and don't live with a man who is working. If you do these things the taxpayers will take care of you. Uncle Sam will give you a check each month, with free medical care, free food, and under Mr. Clinton's plan, 2 years in a Federal job program and free child care. You see the liberals can't breakout of their Washington-knows-best mentality.”