Political Quotes

“I am not making the point that we should not provide child care for women who are on welfare who want to work. I am not saying we should not do that. The point I was making is I do not think we should create a guaranteed entitlement for it. There is a difference. The Senator mentioned in fact for working mothers today there is no entitlement to day care. There simply is not. We do, as the Senator mentioned, have some 600,000 people who are in need of day care assistance, that assistance, but it is a very tough program. You have to walk through the hoops to be able to qualify. You have to prove that there is no family or other kind of support necessary. It is not easy to qualify. And even at that, even if you qualify, you are not guaranteed a slot.”