[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 54 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3580-H3581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                 SUPPORT URGED FOR THE DEAL SUBSTITUTE

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, as the only former mother in this Congress 
that was ever on welfare with children, I rise today to urge my 
colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support Deal substitute that 
we will be voting on today. I support Deal substitute because it offers 
welfare recipients a fair deal.
  As long as there are jobs and recipients are willing to work and play 
by the rules, the Deal bill will invest up front in education, job 
training, and child care to ensure that recipients get into jobs and 
off welfare permanently.
  Unlike the Republican bill that does not invest in work and punishes 
children, the Deal welfare substitute protects children. It also 
guarantees help if the State experiences a recession or a national 
disaster, times when the needs are greatest.
  [[Page H3581]]  Mr. Speaker, the choice comes down to this: We either 
punish poor people who play by the rules, as the Republican bill would 
do, or we invest in them so that they can get off welfare permanently.

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