Orrin Hatch: “the Senator from Illinois knows how much I appreciate her efforts and how much she tries to do good here on the floor.…”

“the Senator from Illinois knows how much I appreciate her efforts and how much she tries to do good here on the floor. Certainly, what she is talking about here is something that is very alluring and very tempting, if you do not care where the moneys are coming from, if you do not really care about trying to reach a position whereby we live within our means. Under the Moseley-Braun amendment that is currently being debated, it prohibits the States from imposing a time limit if the States fail to provide job-related services, that is work experience, work preparation activities. So, if the State fails to do that, then the State cannot impose a time limit on how long a person has to get to work. The things that can be said for this amendment, it seems to me, are that a State should not be able to cut recipients off without providing them training to become self-sufficient. And the second point would be the States will not be willing to spend money on recipients that need extensive services. At least that is the argument.…”