[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 72 (Friday, June 10, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 10, 1994]
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                    WELFARE REFORM: QUINCY'S WAITING

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, next week the President will 
introduce his long-awaited, much-anticipated, but so far undebated, 
welfare reform bill.
  Supposedly, recipients will only be able to get welfare for 2 years 
if they haven't made a good-faith effort to find work.
  America is eager to see it and one American in particular. His name 
is Quincy; he is an auto mechanic in McLean, VA.
  Last week he told me he was a Republican and that he could never vote 
for a Democrat. I asked him why. Quincy told me that he doesn't have 
any money. But Quincy knows he will someday because he works hard 
everyday. And he believes when he makes his money, the Democrats will 
just take it and give it away.
  Bill Clinton has talked about welfare reform to Americans like Quincy 
for 2 years. Now America and Quincy are waiting to see what it looks 
like.

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