Scott Klug: “Unfortunately in this case, my colleague from Wisconsin, Mr. Barrett, is wrong. Actually, in one fairly significant…”

“Unfortunately in this case, my colleague from Wisconsin, Mr. Barrett, is wrong. Actually, in one fairly significant fight with the Clinton administration, Wisconsin originally asked, under the work not welfare waiver request, that every county in the State be covered. By the time Washington got done with it, only two counties in the entire State were covered. That is typical, because every time we find ourselves in a waiver application situation, Washington wants to rewrite the rules. My sense is, what this debate comes down to is, whose judgment do you trust, the people of Wisconsin, two-thirds of the State assembly, three-quarters of the State senate voted for this measure. As you heard from my colleague, the gentleman from Wisconsin, countless hours of hearings all across the State. Here is the bottom line, again, the track record of the Clinton administration on waivers, of the three waivers, Illinois, Massachusetts, Wyoming denied; three States, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, all pulled back their waiver applications because the Clinton administration wanted to rewrite it.”