Deborah Pryce said "Mr. Speaker, in response, the fact that this bill did not go through the committee process is totally unfounded. This bill was vetted and there were hearings held and there were committee markups, both in the House and the Senate. There were task forces. There was so much work done on this bill, and it took so long; we passed it with bipartisan, very wide bipartisan support, and we sent it to the other body. There was no action at that time. Mr. Speaker, we cannot afford to waste that amount of time again. We have to get this done. It has already expired. We need to reauthorize the welfare reform provisions and improve upon them. So much success has happened, we need to continue the momentum and allow the families, the children, the men and women, to rise out of poverty, give them the tools that they need; and that is exactly what this bill does." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 13, 2003

Mr. Speaker, in response, the fact that this bill did not go through the committee process is totally unfounded. This bill was vetted and there were hearings held and there were committee markups, both in the House and the Senate. There were task forces. There was so much work done on this bill, and it took so long; we passed it with bipartisan, very wide bipartisan support, and we sent it to the other body. There was no action at that time. Mr. Speaker, we cannot afford to waste that amount of time again. We have to get this done. It has already expired. We need to reauthorize the welfare reform provisions and improve upon them. So much success has happened, we need to continue the momentum and allow the families, the children, the men and women, to rise out of poverty, give them the tools that they need; and that is exactly what this bill does.

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Deborah Pryce

Ohio

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of reauthorizing welfare reform provisions.

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