[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 77 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5654]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 WELFARE REFORM PLAN IS NOT BIPARTISAN

  (Mr. CARDIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, let me point out that the statement of the 
last speaker is just wrong. This is not a bipartisan proposal that is 
being brought up on Medicaid and welfare. The Democratic Governors have 
pointed out, although they worked very hard with Republican Governors 
to come out with a fair compromise on the subject of Medicaid and 
welfare, the proposal that the Republicans are bringing forward is not 
that compromise.
  Mr. Speaker, once again we find the Republicans trying to bring out a 
Presidential veto rather than getting anything done. At least we had 
the Democratic Governors and the Republican Governors working together, 
a lesson that we should learn here of working together. But instead, 
the Republican leadership is bringing out their bill, not the 
bipartisan bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I regret that, because I think we had an opportunity to 
get something done. But, obviously, the Republican leadership does not 
want that to happen.

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