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Rob Andrews: “Taxpayers who object to paying for able-bodied people to stay on welfare should object to this bill, because what it is…”

On the recordMay 16, 2002
Taxpayers who object to paying for able-bodied people to stay on welfare should object to this bill, because what it is going to lead to in the long run is more people who are able-bodied being back on public assistance. The flaw in this bill is that it makes mothers choose between pursuing their higher education and taking care of their children. Those mothers will choose, and should choose, to take care of their children. They will work longer hours, but they will not pursue a higher education because the child care that would let them pursue that higher education and take care of their children is not guaranteed in this bill. This bill will breed a new generation of permanent low-income, public assistance recipients. We should move beyond welfare to work, from poverty to independence. Let us reject this bill.
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Rob Andrews
Democratic · New Jersey
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Opposing a welfare reform bill during a House floor debate.

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