[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 31, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H9382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       LEGITIMATE WELFARE REFORM

  (Mr. ENSIGN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. Speaker, using common sense, would we set up a 
welfare system that told a pregnant teenage mom, Listen, do not live 
with your parents; we will get you an apartment; do not get a job; do 
not save any money; you can have any man live with you except for the 
father of the child and, by the way, if you want more money, have 
another child out of wedlock?
  Let us put party politics aside here. Let us let the American people 
win for the first time in a long time. Let us pass this legitimate 
welfare reform bill that we have on the House floor today.
  If you are an able-bodied American, you are going to be required to 
work. We are going to provide child care money for you to transition 
from welfare to work, and we are going to provide job training.
  We have a program in Las Vegas called Opportunity Village. It is a 
program for mentally disabled people. We have enough compassion in Las 
Vegas to help people that are mentally disabled get into a job. Let us 
have enough compassion on welfare recipients to help them get into a 
job.

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