Lloyd Doggett

The park is important to the understanding of Texas, and really, of the development of the United States.

The Spanish missions in San Antonio are really a unique treasure for Texans and for all of America.

When it comes to helping the unemployed, our first and most immediate goal should be to find a sensible and balanced alternative to the budget cuts encompassed in the sequestration

Sometimes I get the feeling that for our Republican colleagues the porridge is either too hot or too cold but never just right so long as it is President Obama's administration that is doing the serving.

Some have a negative tax rate. Many of our largest corporations are paying effective tax rates that are single-digit.

Despite all the alarmist articles that the sky is falling and the disability program is about to crash, that, in fact, we have a very sound disability program.

So, Mr. Speaker, rather than arguing over whether the States have all the flexibility they need, our goal ought to be: For the taxpayer and for poor Americans, how can we get more people into the workforce? And today's bill contributes…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We have already let one program, the supplemental grants under TANF, expire.

The responsibility for those failures is shared by many: States who did not do their part; an Administration that has not come forward with its own plan; and Republicans here in Congress who have continued to build on old, flawed…

I don't believe, though there have been some spotty successes, that that law has begun to fulfill its promise.

I believe in the value of work. I voted for the 1996 welfare law because I supported moving people from welfare to work.

Do the maintenance-of-effort requirements need to be altered?

And why is it that we need additional data from HHS?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thanks to each of our witnesses not only for your testimony, but for the devotion you show to this very important and challenging cause.

I believe that our Federal Adoption Incentives program, which provides financial awards to the States that increase the number of children adopted out of foster care above a certain baseline, is an important part of the effort, the joint…

The Adoption Incentives program... rewards States if they increase the number of children leaving foster care for adoptive homes.

Not every child has been so lucky to have a home.

I have a background with 33 years in law enforcement, but also some personal experience in the adoption/foster care arena.

The direct cost of Republicans taking us right up to the brink on the debt... was over a billion dollars in increased interest costs.

Who wants to hire when you don't know if there are going to be payments made by the government.

The effect on economic growth will be very damaging.

When we concluded the Clinton Administration, we had a surplus for the first time in recent memory, and a huge tax cut.

At this time, I would yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California, who is the cochair of the Foster Youth Caucus and who has actively participated in coming to the hearings in our committee because of her great interest in…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, my colleague, Chairman Johnson, and I hope the Senate will respond this time to our action. I yield back the balance of my time.