[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CLINTON DEMOCRATS' ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, remember President Clinton's campaign 
promises of 1992? He said, among other things, that he would enact 
strong welfare reform if elected President. I certainly haven't seen 
any sign of this. But now, in a true act of desperation, he is trying 
to blend-over his dismal record by taking credit for some of the 
reforms our State governments have implemented on their own.
  Why the desperation? Because no matter what the campaign game is, the 
facts remain the same--last Congress when the Democrats were in the 
majority they didn't deliver a welfare reform package to President 
Clinton. This Congress with Republicans in charge, President Clinton 
got a welfare reform package but he vetoed it.
  Mr. Speaker, the facts don't lie. The Clinton Democrats' actions 
speak louder than their words. Until Bill Clinton stops talking about 
ending welfare as we know it and actually signs a genuine reform bill, 
we will remain absent without leadership.

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