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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “The true definition of compassion is helping those people, just as the gentleman from Colorado mentioned, move from…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1999
The true definition of compassion is helping those people, just as the gentleman from Colorado mentioned, move from welfare to work so that they have the opportunity to provide for themselves and their families, so that they have the chance to realize their hopes and their dreams. That is the true measure of compassion.
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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH
New York

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Discussing the definition of compassion in relation to welfare reform.

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