[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 29, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5573]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IT IS TIME TO SAY ``NO'' TO THE STATUS QUO AND REFORM WELFARE NOW

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Madam Speaker, this Congress has twice passed welfare 
reform legislation that emphasizes work and personal responsibility. 
President Clinton, who told America that he would ``end welfare as we 
know it,'' has, on both occasions, vetoed that legislation. Now he 
tells us once again that he's ready to keep his promise that he really 
is willing to reform welfare. Well, we'll see.
  We will soon give President Clinton another opportunity to put his 
money where his mouth is. We will make one more effort to send him a 
bill that will move millions of Americans from that cycle of dependency 
on big government to a life of productivity and responsibility for self 
and family.
  Madam Speaker, let's hope for the sake of generations of Americans 
caught in the welfare trap that the President isn't just pulling our 
leg once again. Let's hope that he'll finally agree to keep his oft-
repeated campaign promise to ``end welfare as we know it.''

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