[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 15, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 15, 1994]
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               IT'S NOT THE END OF WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, remember when the Democratic candidate for 
President promised to end welfare as we know it? Well, after almost 2 
years in office, he has come forth with his plan. The Christian Science 
Monitor has described it as ``tweaking welfare as we know it.'' Others 
have described it as just another in a long series of broken promises.
  On taxes, on spending, on crime, on illegal immigration, on foreign 
policy, on a whole host of critical issues facing America today, 
President Clinton has failed to deliver.
  During his Presidential campaign, candidate Clinton promised to cut 
off AFDC benefits after 2 years. But here is what the Washington Post 
said last week about President Clinton's plan:

       President Clinton promised during the campaign to ``end 
     welfare as we know it'' yet the comprehensive plan he will 
     submit to Congress next week would leave a vast number of 
     recipients in the old system for years to come.

  In fact it does not apply to any one born before 1972. So much for 
promises.
  The President has a real problem on his hands. He badly wants the 
American people to believe that he is an agent of change. But he wants 
to accomplish that while preserving the status quo. Mr. Speaker, you 
cannot have it both ways.

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