[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 40 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H2585-H2586]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        CONSIDER WELFARE A LOAN

  (Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I look forward to the day 
when as Members of Congress we are not debating the virtues of block 
grants versus entitlements for food, shelter, or child care programs. I 
look forward to the day, Mr. Speaker, when all able-bodied mothers and 
fathers and their extended families are carrying their own weight, a 
society where no one receives something that they have not earned.
  [[Page H2586]] Now, we all hit bumps in the road, and there should be 
ways to assist people at such times. But if one is given something 
without working or paying for it, it should be deemed as a loan that 
would be paid back or worked off, not as a bottomless pit of money 
distributed with no strings attached.
  Everyone should be merely entitled to an opportunity to succeed. Yes, 
Mr. Speaker, I look forward to the day when the word ``welfare'' is 
used as frequently as the word ``dinosaur.''

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