[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 102 (Thursday, July 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H7266-H7267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                     ANOTHER BROKEN WELFARE PROMISE

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, it has been 31 days now since President 
Clinton promised to take action on Wisconsin's welfare waiver request.
  Thirty-one days--no action.
  Another welfare promise by Bill Clinton will most likely fall by the 
wayside. In the meantime, millions of Americans are caught in an 
endless cycle of dependency and poverty.
  On May 18 this year, Bill Clinton held up the Wisconsin plan as a 
model of good welfare reform. Let me just quote from his radio address 
that day:


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       All in all, Wisconsin has the makings of a solid, bold 
     welfare reform plan. We should get it done. I pledge that my 
     administration will work with Wisconsin to make an effective 
     transition to a new vision of welfare reform based on work . 
     . . 

  That was Bill Clinton on May 18 talking on welfare. Today is July 10, 
and all we hear is silence. His 30 days are up and all we hear is the 
silence of another broken welfare promise.

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