Political Quotes

“Today, once again, we will try to take the President at his word on welfare reform. Only 3 weeks ago President Clinton endorsed the Wisconsin works plan which substitutes work and responsibility for dependence and despair. It was adopted by sweeping bipartisan majorities in the Wisconsin State Legislature. Yet Federal roadblocks still prevent that plan from going into effect. President Clinton said he endorsed the plan just a couple of weeks ago. He said we should get it done. Now we get hemming and hawing from the administration. In fact, some administration officials signaled that the President did not mean what he said. But maybe they are not being fair to their boss. The cynics point this out, after saying that he wanted to end welfare as we know it, remember that, the President vetoed welfare reform. Then he vetoed it again. The cynics say that we have to be a bit skeptical of the President's words. But heck with those cynics. Mr. Speaker, let us give the President what he says he wants and what the people of Wisconsin really do want. To quote the President, 'We should get it done.' Let us overhaul the terrible welfare system that we have in this country and let us do it in Wisconsin for the folks there who want to overhaul the welfare system.”