[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        PRESIDENT CLINTON ON WELFARE REFORM: THERE HE GOES AGAIN

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, the President is talking tough on welfare 
reform again. Remember, this is the President, who as a candidate, 
promised to ``end welfare as we know it.'' But when this Congress 
presented him with legislation that truly would end welfare as we know 
it, Mr. Clinton quickly vetoed it. When Congress once again sent him 
welfare reform he vetoed it again.
  Now his pollsters have apparently told him that it's time to change 
course again, or, at least appear to change course. He's once again 
saying the he supports welfare reform. Unfortunately, what he's 
actually proposed is not even a pale copy of meaningful reform.
  Mr. Speaker, talk is cheap, Candidate Bill Clinton made welfare 
reform a centerpiece of his campaign for the Presidency. It's time for 
him to keep his word. It's time to stop the political posturing. It's 
time for him to sign a real welfare reform bill.

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