Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this is a nice idea that is unnecessary. The current legislation very well takes care of what problem the Senator from Louisiana has laid out in his vouchers for children amendment. The Senator from Louisiana suggests, and correctly suggests, in the first 5 years of the program, when someone enters the program, under the Republican bill the States are allowed--are allowed to provide a voucher program for those who disqualify themselves, usually, in most cases, because they refuse to comply with the law there, by not working. I should say those are people who are still eligible for a voucher. The States can use Federal dollars to provide those vouchers. OK? So it allows the State to provide a voucher using Federal dollars. What the Senator from Louisiana wants to do is, frankly, an additional cost to the State and not a requirement of the State. What he requires the State to do is an assessment after someone has broken their eligibility for welfare within the 5-year time period.”