William Sarpalius: “I would like to share with you a letter that I received from one of my constituents within my district from the city of…”

“I would like to share with you a letter that I received from one of my constituents within my district from the city of Denton where she wrote about her career as working for an advertising company, was prospering very well, and her dreams were coming true. Her son was born with a genetic disease, and she had to get on welfare to qualify for assistance for her son who had to undergo 33 different surgeries. In her letter she describes his intestines as scrambled eggs. She talks about in her letter where now next year her son will turn 18 and he will be able to qualify for those same Federal programs, so then she can go back to work. My friends and colleagues, that is why health care and welfare must be addressed. There is something wrong with the system, and I commend the President for putting it on the table. I challenge my colleagues to work just as hard for welfare reform as we do for health care reform.”