[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           REFORMING WELFARE

  (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, when Republicans kept their promise and 
delivered to the President a strong welfare reform bill, he vetoed it. 
Now Bill Clinton, realizing it is an election year, is trying to take 
some sort of credit for being pro-welfare reform. Let's take a look at 
his latest charade.
  The Republican Governor of Wisconsin, Tommy Thompson, implemented a 
strong, get tough welfare system in his State. In his weekly radio 
address, President Clinton praised the Wisconsin plan as ``one of the 
boldest yet attempted in America.'' Yet, the Wisconsin plan is very 
similar to the one that President Clinton vetoed!
  Mr. Speaker, in President Clinton's case his actions speak louder 
than his words. President Clinton has done nothing in the past 3\1/2\ 
years to reform welfare. On welfare, he is truly the great pretender.

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