Political Quotes

“I find myself wondering whether we do need to commit potentially more resources to provide for people who are going to be required to work so they can have the opportunity to have some child care available to them. I am hesitant, in fact reluctant, to be for an entitlement for child care because I think that could be a slippery slope. I am not too sure we want to provide an entitlement to child care for people who are on welfare and have people who are working mothers, who need child care just as badly, have no entitlement. That, I think, creates a double standard that may in fact encourage more people to get on welfare to get the child care benefit. So I do have some concerns about that. But I think it is a legitimate issue to bring to the floor, to talk about how we are going to have single mothers with children work and not have the resources available for child care.”