[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         GENUINE WELFARE REFORM

  (Mr. TORKILDSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TORKILDSEN. Mr. Speaker, the time has come for President Clinton 
to show some leadership on welfare reform. If he really wants genuine 
welfare reform, if he really wants to end welfare as we know it, he 
will sign the bipartisan welfare plan when it reaches his desk.
  Genuine welfare reform focuses on work, not welfare. It requires 
delinquent parents to make child care payments to support their 
children and also to relieve the taxpayers of that burden. Genuine 
welfare reform means no more welfare for illegal aliens and felons. 
Genuine welfare reform restores power and flexibility to the States, 
and genuine welfare reform encourages personal responsibility.
  Mr. Speaker, the House has passed welfare reform, and the Senate is 
expected to do so today. Congress has shown the necessary leadership to 
pass this bill. President Clinton should do the same and sign the 
genuine welfare reform bill.

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