[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  URGING REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TO WORK TOGETHER TO CHANGE FAILED 
          SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND TRULY PROTECT AMERICA'S CHILDREN

  (Mrs. WALDHOLTZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WALDHOLTZ. Mr. Speaker, according to the Census Bureau, the 
poverty rate in 1966 was 14.7 percent. Since then, the American people 
have witnessed one of the greatest expansions of the Federal Government 
in American history, mostly social programs, aimed at eliminating 
poverty.
  However, it is time to admit the experiments of the 1960's, however 
well-intentioned, have failed; not just a little failure, but a great, 
big failure. The biggest failure is not in the money that we have lost, 
it is in the lost and broken lives.
  Again, Mr. Speaker, according to the Census Bureau, the poverty rate 
in 1966 was 14.7 percent. In 1992, it was 14.5 percent. Mr. Speaker, 
virtually everyone in this body knows that the current welfare system 
is not really helping people in need. We are going to feed hungry 
schoolchildren. We are going to ensure proper nutrition for mothers and 
children in need. We are also going to help people in need by changing 
a welfare that is not working.
  Mr. Speaker, let us work together in a deliberate, responsible, 
honest debate to truly protect our children.


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