[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           REFORMING WELFARE

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, we have been hearing a lot of griping from 
the other side of the aisle over Republican efforts to overhaul the 
current welfare system. It seems that every time Republicans suggest a 
positive idea for change, the Democrats immediately start yelling no. 
What I find interesting is that the Democrats have not introduced any 
legislation of their own. They have no bill. All they are doing is 
defending with all their might the status quo and the liberal welfare 
state that they built up over the last 40 years.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe the American people want change. They are sick 
and tired of paying for a system that has produced failure, crime and 
decay.
  We have heard the voters, the mandate that they gave for smaller 
government, a less costly government, a more efficient government. By 
reforming welfare, we are giving the American people what they demand.

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