[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 54 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3578-H3579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     AN APOLOGY DUE WELFARE MOTHERS

  (Ms. WATERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, this morning a Republican Member of this 
body, the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Clay Shaw, was shown on national 
TV making a most irresponsible and outrageous statement disparaging 
welfare mothers by saying, and I quote, ``You wouldn't leave your cat 
with them on the weekend.''
  [[Page H3579]] Clay Shaw owes the welfare mothers of this country an 
apology. How dare him single out welfare mothers and refer to them in 
such negative terms. There are responsible people in all segments of 
our society and there are irresponsible people.
  Some politicians are responsible and some are irresponsible. Mr. Clay 
Shaw falls in the category of the irresponsible.
  There are many solid responsible welfare recipients who love and care 
for their children, who attend church on Sunday, who work part-time 
jobs, who search for jobs, who attend schools in an effort to better 
themselves.
  Welfare mothers and fathers, it is time to speak up. Call Newt 
Gingrich at 202-225-0600 and tell him to help you with a job.

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