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


                        FOOD STAMP BLOCK GRANTS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today an important amendment 
will come before us, an amendment that will block-grant food stamps and 
complete the historic transformation of the Democrat-created, heinous, 
disastrous, and destructive Federal welfare system.
  We must pass this amendment to ensure that the Governors have all the 
tools they need to create welfare solutions for their States. Without 
this amendment, our work here will be incomplete.
  Two out of three committees responsible for change stood fast and 
fulfilled their promise to the States, giving them the flexibility they 
need, but unfortunately one committee did not.
  Food stamp block grants will repair that weak link and provide the 
States with the means to completely break down and bury a system whose 
time has long since come and gone.
  Our Governors want, need, and deserve nothing less than full welfare 
reform.

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