[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 9, 1994]
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                             WELFARE REFORM

  (Mr. BARCA of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARCA of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, and Members, one issue that we 
have discussed for some time but has yet to really emerge from this 
Congress that I want to encourage us all to continue to focus our 
attention and our efforts on is the issue of welfare reform.

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  The President has brought forward a bill, and many Members have 
brought forward bills. The Committee on Ways and Means had a hearing 
over the course of the last couple of weeks, a very constructive 
hearing to begin discussing this very important issue. I would hope we 
could still address it yet in this Congress, but I think the framework 
under which this should be discussed is with the notion that people 
should be better off working than not working.
  Mr. Speaker, I will be introducing a bill later this week or the 
first part of next week to give States more flexibility when they want 
to change their earned income disregards to allow that principle, to 
make it so that people are better off working than not working.
  States have come forward asking for waivers. I think the national 
Government should respond and grant them these waivers.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent on both sides of the aisle to 
help me cosponsor this and put welfare reform on the front burner.

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