[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 55 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3826]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  PRESIDENTIAL PROMISES NOT FULFILLED

  (Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, today is Take Your Daughter 
to Work Day. Being a position role model and raising a child's self-
esteem are noble objectives. However, for too many of those who 
represent our weakest links in our society, there is no father in the 
house to bring a child to work, and the mother, she gets a quasi-
minimum wage increase by simply having another baby.
  Once upon a time there was a candidate for President who said he 
would end welfare as we know it. Since that slogan apparently helped 
Mr. Clinton get elected in 1992, I guess the 1996 slogan will be 
``Really, folks, some day I want to end welfare as we know it.'' The 
record would show that Mr. Clinton took 2 years to even introduce an 
outline of a bill, and he has vetoed welfare reform twice.
  Truly the only missing ingredient between taking the first step 
toward welfare reform and the continuation of this vicious cycle of 
government dependency is President Bill Clinton.

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