"It has not gotten people out of poverty at the rate it should have and into sustainable living wage jobs."
"Excessive, exorbitant corporate CEO salaries and soaring prices for consumers are certainly problems and they rarely get any attention in this Committee."
"The basic reason that tuition is going up is not because the Federal Government is doing too much to help students, but because the States have been doing too little."
"If there are no new dollars, which is the case with this proposal, no additional funds added..."
"We believe requiring States to spend a substantial--a specific share of their TANF resources on core purposes is essential for improving TANF work programs."
"We are pleased today to get additional input on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and how it may be reformed."
"the real--the complete statement should be there won't be a 20 percent benefit cut, because we are planning to find some other way to cut disability payments to make up for what would be necessary to ..."
"this morning's hearing begins to look, in a more sophisticated way, like the standard Republican stump speech, that the only thing that is wrong is that people, poor people, don't work hard enough, an..."
"I suppose it is encouraging that this hearing began with Chairman Ryan telling us not to worry about the prospects of a 20 percent, across-the-board benefit cut for disability recipients next year."
"when Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty, he got underway programs that have changed the lives of millions of Americans for the better."
"the block-headed approach of giving States like Texas that are rejectionist States, that have rejected the Affordable Care Act..."