[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 206 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RISK IN DELAYING AFDC CHECKS

  (Mr. WATT of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I have talked to some of my 
Republican colleagues in private about this matter, and I want to say 
it publicly to the balance of my colleagues. If we do not pass a 
continuing resolution today or tomorrow at latest, 4.7 million families 
who are on AFDC are in risk of not getting their AFDC checks come 
January 1 of next year.
  There are consequences that go with that, and I want to remind my 
Republican colleagues that they are playing with fire, if they think 
people will sit by and idly wait on them to play budget games with 
their lives and their ability to eat.
  They came forward with a continuing resolution for veterans 
yesterday, and I am calling on my colleagues today to come forward with 
a continuing resolution to address this serious problem.

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