Are there other recommendations that you have that we should consider as we are renewing and reauthorizing the TANF program to assure that more economically disadvantaged people actually move into living wage jobs?

Ultimately, Congress and the administration should fund what works so we can deliver better results to those in need.

Let's find a path forward toward our common goal of increasing employment and reducing poverty.

Yes, I think reconsidering the work requirements to allow individuals to engage in that longer term intensive skill development that has been shown to lead to higher paying careers that actually move people out of poverty would be an…

You are aware that the Federal funding for that program expires in little more than a year...

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Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am pleased to join the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Reichert) in support of the International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act. We tried to do this just about a year ago. In…