[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REPUBLICAN WELFARE BILL PROMOTES FREEDOM AND REWARDS DETERMINATION

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues know, that is 
exactly what is wrong here, the Federal Government in control. They 
want to control our lives and every aspect of it. As my colleagues 
know, George Washington over there did not want welfare, he did not 
want taxes.
  This week another historic debate is going to begin; another 40-year-
old broken welfare program will end. Today the Republicans are going to 
bring forward a welfare bill that promotes freedom, rewards 
determination, and establishes self-esteem. Today mean-spirited 
Democrats, uncaring Democrats, will try to stop reform, cruel Democrats 
now defending a system that promoted dependency, rewarded complacency, 
and established self-defeat. They are the ones defending big 
government.
  Mr. Speaker, that is why we believe in our Constitution. We believe 
that States, not the Federal Government, should be given the 
flexibility to design a program that will fix the problems that are 
unique to their communities.
  Mr. Speaker, let us not just talk about ending welfare as we know it. 
Let us do it. Vote ``yes'' for America. Vote ``yes'' for welfare 
reform.


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