NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Mr. Speaker, let me also observe though that my liberal colleagues on the other side of the aisle never tire of telling…”

“Mr. Speaker, let me also observe though that my liberal colleagues on the other side of the aisle never tire of telling us how much they care for our Nation's children. But if they really cared about children, they would join us in reforming a welfare system whose primary victims are children. Study after study shows that it is children who pay the price for the failed liberal welfare state. They do not learn as well. They have other developmental problems. They are more likely to go on welfare themselves, which starts the cycle all over again. There is no doubt, Mr. Speaker, that welfare in its current form is bad for children. Yet my liberal Democrat colleagues come down here after day, defend the current welfare system, and distort the positive changes we will make. They do not want to end welfare as we know it. They want to spend more and grow it, and they have declared war on the very children they purport to protect.”