Political Quotes

“I thank the Chair. First, let me say, Mr. President, that we have had votes on block grants here in the Senate in the past. We had one on the bill last year. In fact, when it came out of the Agriculture Committee, there was no block grant. The block grant was offered here on the floor of the Senate and was passed in the Senate. It was included in the welfare reform bill that was passed here in the Senate. It was included in the bill that passed originally, as I said before, in the Senate, which passed 87 to 12. The Senator from North Dakota voted for that, as well as other provisions in the bill. The block grant included in the Senate bill--”