Mr. Speaker, I rise to engage the gentleman from Missouri in a colloquy. Members may be aware of the ongoing debate in this budget legislation over whether workfare participants are employees, but they might benefit by some background on this issue, including a clarification of the intent of last year's welfare reform law.
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We have another speaker who just came to the floor, Mr. Hensarling of Texas, to whom I yield 2 minutes. Following that, I would yield to the minority so they can close, and then we will go to closing.
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