[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 41 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                WELFARE

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, do you remember who said ``I will 
change welfare as we know it''? The answer to this question is not a 
$64,000 question. In fact, we all know who said it: The same individual 
who said that the era of big government is over, except we want it to 
last a little longer.
  I wonder what the President really meant, or was it just another one 
of his hollow promises?
  I do not blame my friends on the other side of the aisle, because I 
know pretty much where many of you stand. You said where you stand. You 
have been honest and straightforward about it. Many of you want to 
spend more money. I understand that. Many of you are less concerned 
about the inefficiency and the nonproductiveness of some of these 
plans.
  I simply want to know where the President stands, not what he says. 
Is it candidate Clinton who wants to change welfare as we know it, or 
is it the current President who has vetoed every major reform?
  Then again, it is an election year.

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