Political Quotes

“this morning, I was disappointed to see a note in the Wall Street Journal that the President's welfare reform proposal is unlikely to reach Congress even by late April. With recent polls showing that Americans are at least as concerned about welfare reform as health care reform, we must begin work on the issue. Two months ago, Senators Dole, Packwood, and I introduced a welfare reform plan, S. 1795. There are now 19 Republican Senators on that bill and we would welcome any other Senators, on either side of the aisle to join us. S. 1795 is not a perfect bill, no bill of this magnitude is perfect on introduction. But S. 1795 is a starting place. It is a beginning for the very important debate we must have about our welfare system. It is a start at reforming a system that is hurting all of us, but most especially welfare beneficiaries.”