[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3336-H3337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


         REPUBLICANS CLEANING UP OUT-OF-CONTROL WELFARE SYSTEM

  (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, the Liberals continue to exploit the hard 
work and innovative ideas of the Republican Party. The latest assault 
is our welfare proposal. They claim it is unfair to children, mothers, 
and other recipients. Wrong. What we are doing, is cleaning up a 
system, which has spun out-of-control for years. Spending for this 
bureaucratic-laden system has 
[[Page H3337]] reached $325 billion; if this continues, it will cost 
the country approximately $500 billion in 1998.
  Instead, our proposal moves in the opposite direction. It saves the 
taxpayer approximately $60 billion over 5 years. Under the plan, people 
who honestly need a helping hand will be given job training and 
education to rejoin the work force.
  The current welfare state has been the families downfall. Our plan 
will remedy this, we will offer incentives adding up to 10 percent to 
States which successfully reduce illegitimacy rates.
  Let us work together, to create a system, which restores pride and 
opportunity for the American people.

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