Duncan Faircloth: “this amendment says very simply that we will not use the taxpayers' money to solicit people to come into the SSI…”

“this amendment says very simply that we will not use the taxpayers' money to solicit people to come into the SSI program, which we are doing, and spending massive amounts of taxpayers' dollars to solicit people to come and sign up for SSI benefits. We are doing it through mailing, advertising, and even door-to-door solicitation with people who are hired and paid by the Federal Government. SSI outreach programs are used to try to maximize participation in the SSI program. I believe we owe it to the American people to assure them that we are using the hard-earned dollars that we spend on welfare programs only to provide assistance to the truly needy and that we are not out spending more of their money and hiring bureaucrats to solicit people to come get their money. So this is a very simple program. It forbids the use of Federal funds for the recruitment of people into the SSI program. I do not think we should be hiring people to solicit people to come get welfare.”