Steve Chabot: “You know, I have to mention one other area that I wanted to touch on because it is something that I keep hearing back in…”

“You know, I have to mention one other area that I wanted to touch on because it is something that I keep hearing back in my district, and that is the fact that one area that I think we really have wasted a lot of money, at least previous Congresses have wasted a lot of money, is in the area of welfare payments where much of the money that has been spent has been counterproductive. You know, the area of welfare was something where it was supposed to be temporary help for the truly needy, and this was something back during the depression, back during the 1930's when it started. It had the best of intentions, to really help people who needed that help. Unfortunately, over the past 60 years, far too often, rather than temporary help, it has become a permanent way of life. And I have had a number of people that have said we did the right thing here in the House when we did what President Clinton said he wanted to do back when he ran for President, and that is change welfare as we know it, and that is what the Republicans in the House did.”