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On the recordMarch 15, 1996
I think Senator Hatfield has outlined quite well that the welfare system in America today does not work for anyone. It certainly does not work for taxpayers. In so many instances they watch as their tax dollars are frittered away. And I know that it does not work for many of those who are in the system. I have talked to them, and many of them have said they would very much like to break out of the system, but they get caught in a Catch-22. They may have a child at home and would like to work, but if they start working they lose their child care. So, to a great extent, the welfare system in America today does not work for much of anybody.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Discussing the inefficiencies of the welfare system during a Senate floor speech.

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