Thomas Daschle: “I want to have just a few minutes to address one more time the Work First legislation, the pending piece of legislation…”

“I want to have just a few minutes to address one more time the Work First legislation, the pending piece of legislation, and my reasons for believing it ought to be adopted by our colleagues tomorrow. Before I describe again those reasons and our goals in drafting the legislation, let me reiterate my gratitude to the many Senators who have had much to do with the tremendous effort put forth by our caucus in proposing this legislation. Thirty Members of the Senate have cosponsored this bill, and that, in large measure, is due to the leadership of Senator Mikulski, Senator Breaux, and the remarkable efforts of a number of our colleagues who have had special interests in various pieces of the bill, and were instrumental in bringing us to the point of introducing the bill prior to the August recess. Let me also express my gratitude to the ranking member of the Finance Committee, Senator Moynihan, for his unparalleled leadership in this area, for all of the work he has done on this issue, for the many years he has provided us guidance, and for the terrific legislative accomplishments we have been addressing as we have debated this bill.”