Political Quotes

“I object to that modification because what the Senator from South Dakota has just said is, no, I will not let the bill go to conference. That is what sending the bill back to the House means, which means, no; no conference. As we all understand, without conference we do not get closure. Without closure, we do not get a bill and we do not help millions of Americans get out of poverty. What we are playing is politics. I commend to my colleagues a Brookings Institution Policy Brief of September 2003 "Welfare Reform & Beyond #28." Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have several articles printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the New York Post, Apr. 14, 2003] Welfare Reform Works, Yet Pols Seek Rollback in N.Y.C. and U.S. (By June O'Neill) Politicians and experts from the left and the right acknowledge that welfare reform has succeeded beyond the most optimistic expectations. Yet the reforms are nonetheless under political siege: Reauthorization of the major welfare-reform law is now nearly a year overdue and seems mired in Capitol Hill politics. And last week the City Council gutted the welfare-to-work policies that made New York City one of the brightest examples of reform's success.”