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Duncan Faircloth: “This amendment's purpose is to send a simple, clear message, which is that the taxpayers' money should not be spent to…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1996
This amendment's purpose is to send a simple, clear message, which is that the taxpayers' money should not be spent to increase the number of people on welfare. Six years ago, Congress instructed the Social Security Administration to increase participation in the SSI Program. Since then, the cost has soared and the number of enrollees has more than tripled. Now it is time to send a message that this effort should stop. Nothing is more indicative of an out-of-control welfare system than this practice of using taxpayers' dollars to increase the number of people on welfare. I urge my colleagues to vote to waive the point of order and pass this amendment.
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Duncan Faircloth
Republican · North Carolina
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about welfare spending and proposing an amendment to limit taxpayer money for welfare programs.

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