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On the recordFebruary 10, 1994
the Republican Party has on the table a welfare reform plan. The Democrats, after 40 years of controlling the Congress, do not even have plans to develop a welfare reform plan. Only the Republicans have put forward a real welfare reform plan, and we intend to do something about it by moving it through the legislative process.
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Robert Walker
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing the Republican Party's welfare reform plan in contrast to the Democrats' lack of a plan.

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