[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 40 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                            THE REAL VICTIMS

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I want to read something to my liberal 
colleagues on the other side of the aisle who profess so much 
compassion for America's children while defending the current welfare 
system.
  This is from Bill Bennett's article in the current Commentary 
magazine, which I would recommend that all my colleagues read, Bennett 
writes:

       Between 1962 and 1992, welfare spending in the United 
     States increased by over 900 percent in 1992 dollars. At the 
     same time the poverty rate dropped by less than 5 percent--
     and illegitimacy rates increased over 400 percent. Children 
     are the real victims of this national tragedy. They are being 
     conditioned into the same habits of dependency they are 
     surrounded by, resulting in an almost unbreakable cycle of 
     welfare.

  And yet, Mr. Speaker, we get one liberal Democrat after another 
parading to the well to tell us how wonderful the current system is and 
how much the children need it.
  The liberal Democrats may need it, but the children do not.

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