[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2071]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REPUBLICAN BILL IS STRONG ON WORKFARE AND STATE RESPONSIBILITY

  (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, you know, I rise very seldom 
this year to speak to the House for 1 minute or any time, but I hear 
comments about--like the former speaker had to say about the work 
program in the welfare reform bill the Republicans put out. It raises 
the hair on the back of my neck. You cannot get any stronger than 
telling people, and allowing States to even make it stronger, 2 years. 
Two years of welfare, then you go to work. You engage in some work 
program. And in 3 more years you are off.
  How much stronger can you be? That is 100 percent. One hundred 
percent of those who are on welfare today in 5 years will be in a work 
program or they will be off of welfare. How much stronger can you get?
  It is rhetoric coming from the minority side. That is all it is. They 
are trying to confuse the public. The Republicans have a strong 
welfare-work-State responsibility bill.

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