Political Quotes

“I want to compliment the previous speaker. I think he did a pretty good job down here putting out his point of view, some of which I would agree with and some of which I would not. But I think he did a nice job with his remarks. I do want to say that when we look at what is happening in the House of Representatives, I said it this morning and have been saying it now for many months, the kind of change that we have seen in this House of Representatives is absolutely breathtaking. We have had a welfare system that did not have time limits, did not have good work requirements, did not have good incentives for people to go to work, did not have good training requirements. The American people are very smart. They knew we did not have a system that worked. I think the American people, because I am one of them, kind of grew up with the philosophy of Judeo-Christianity. We help people who need help and to teach people how to help themselves. That is the bottom line. Somebody may have something, may fall on hard times, we are there at the doorstep. But it gets old after awhile when those very same people who needed the help decide for whatever reason not to help themselves. What does this bill do? It says, look, you have got to go to work; you have got to get trained. You cannot be on welfare forever. If you are down and out, if you are down on your luck, if you need some help, if your kids are sick, if you are sick, we are going to help you.…”