[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 111 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 PRESIDENT CLINTON SHOULD LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND SIGN WELFARE 
                                 REFORM

  (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. JONES. Madam Speaker, this week Congress has taken bold steps 
toward enacting genuine welfare reform. The next step will be President 
Clinton's. We will send him real work requirements, real time limits. 
We will end welfare for noncitizens. Our bill will lift 1.3 million 
people out of welfare and into jobs by 2002, and we will end the 
process whereby able-bodied recipients stay on welfare for 13 years.
  Many in Congress would say that welfare reform is cruel to children. 
Absolute nonsense. Nothing could be more cruel than to leave today's 
children in yesterday's welfare system. The goal of any true welfare 
reform is to lift children and families out of poverty and despair. If 
America is to prosper in the next century, we must reform welfare so 
that it honors work and encourages people's responsibility.
  Mr. President, the American people want you to sign this welfare 
reform bill. Please, Mr. President, listen to the people.

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