[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 15, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 15, 1994]
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                AMERICANS WANT WELFARE REFORM YESTERDAY

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, back in the real world folks have had 
enough. They are tired of working and toeing the line, they are tired 
of doing more than their fair share, they are tired of increasing taxes 
and wasteful spending and a growing Government. They want welfare 
reform, and they want it yesterday. They are all in favor of helping 
people out who need a helping hand. They are ready to pull up citizens 
who have fallen down. But they say ``stop'' to the people who are able 
to work. They want a welfare reform plan that requires those who can 
work to work, they want a plan that requires fathers to pay and not 
behave with the responsibility of an alley cat; they want benefits 
denied to illegal immigrants who have never paid American taxes.
  Mr. Speaker, there are three plans that address these problems: the 
DeLay plan, with Mr. Talent as cosponsor; the Santorum plan; and the 
Myers plan. Let us take the best of the Republican ideas, the best of 
the Democrat ideas, and combine them for the best interests of the 
American people.

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