Rick Santorum said "I would say to the Senator again in the Dole bill as recently modified there is a provision that States have to do 75 percent maintenance of effort over 3 years. There really is no attempt to race to the bottom. I do not know how many States are going to be willing to sort of give back dollars as opposed to reallocating existing dollars. We are not really asking to spend more money. We are telling them to reallocate dollars to child care, to implement the work program. And that is not costing them any Federal funds to do that. If they violate and suffer penalties, they will lose Federal dollars. And that is a pretty powerful incentive, I think. I will get those numbers as to what the penalties will be." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 8, 1995

I would say to the Senator again in the Dole bill as recently modified there is a provision that States have to do 75 percent maintenance of effort over 3 years. There really is no attempt to race to the bottom. I do not know how many States are going to be willing to sort of give back dollars as opposed to reallocating existing dollars. We are not really asking to spend more money. We are telling them to reallocate dollars to child care, to implement the work program. And that is not costing them any Federal funds to do that. If they violate and suffer penalties, they will lose Federal dollars. And that is a pretty powerful incentive, I think. I will get those numbers as to what the penalties will be.

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Rick Santorum

Republican · Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing provisions of the Dole bill related to state funding and child care.

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