[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 17, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H7663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   ENOUGH DOUBLETALK FROM THE PRESIDENT--WELFARE REFORM IS NEEDED NOW

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, just this week, and in connection with 
what the previous speaker was talking about, where are we on this whole 
thing, where really is the President on all of this? He changed his 
mind about welfare again. He said in a speech to the Nation's Governors 
just 2 days ago that he is going to sign welfare reform. He also said 
he is committed to supporting Wisconsin's welfare reform plan. I can 
hear the White House spinmeisters now spinning their wheels and saying, 
``how do we explain this to the public?''
  Who knows where the President is? Maybe he will sign the very same 
welfare reform he has vetoed twice. Perhaps he will okay Wisconsin's 
welfare waiver. Who knows?
  My Democrat friends in the Congress have said if you do not like 
where the President stands, just wait a while. Enough of the 
doubletalk, I would say. Enough of the flips. It is time the President 
lived up to the 1992 promise to change welfare as we know it.
  Our current welfare system has failed miserably over the last 30 
years. It is time to get under the hood and fix the problem.

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