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

  (Mr. DeLAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, as President Clinton traveled to Missouri, 
the Show Me State, yesterday to unveil his welfare plan, many Members 
of the House of Representatives are rightfully asking, ``where's the 
bill, Bill?''
  In the tradition of the great State of Missouri, I ask the President 
to show me how his plan would end welfare as we know it.
  Show me, Mr. President, how your plan addresses illegitimacy. The 
Clinton welfare plan purports to curb the trend in teen pregnancies by 
increasing family planning and condom distribution, contraceptive 
programs which have had very little success.
  Show me, Mr. President, how your plan caps spending. The Clinton plan 
increases spending in child care and other services by $9.3 billion and 
pays for it by cutting $7 billion in existing welfare programs and 
other gimmicks from nonwelfare programs.
  Show me, Mr. President, how your plan creates real work. The Clinton 
plan actually weakens work requirements with loopholes and exemptions.
  And finally, show me, Mr. President, how your plan ends benefits to 
noncitizens. The Clinton plan does little to cap the cost of supporting 
noncitizens.
  Judging from the President's plan, it seems that he has actually 
ended welfare reform as we know it. I urge President Clinton to 
consider the Republican's tough-love approach to bringing 
responsibility back into the welfare system.

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