[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 45 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2992]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT WELFARE

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, I was Ambassador to Romania in the 
1980's. I watched the Communists manipulate the people through 
calculated half-truths. We call the method the big lie. To make the big 
lie work, you tell a lie so big it staggers the listener. Then you 
repeat it over and over until it is finally accepted as truth.
  Mr. Speaker, I have had enough of the big lie about welfare reform. 
Day after day liberal Democrats come to the floor and repeat that 
Republicans are waging a war on poor children. That is a monstrous lie. 
What makes it all the more offensive is that the lie is peddled by the 
same people who created our welfare nightmare. Their policies led to 
the disintegration of the family, the highest crime rate in the world, 
and three generations of Americans who do nothing but wait at home for 
the next Government check.
  Mr. Speaker, the Democrats like business as usual. They do not seem 
to care that their programs have not worked and they are spritually and 
financially bankrupting our country. They do not trust the people, they 
have no faith in the American spirit.
  We reject the notion that Washington knows best. We support local 
control. Why doesn't the Democrat Party tell the truth about welfare. 
Enough of this big lie.

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