[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 41 (Wednesday, April 5, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REPUBLICANS ARE REINVENTING GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton-Gore administration talked about 
reinventing government, but the Republican Congress is actually doing 
it.
  For example, Federal laws prohibit convicted criminals from receiving 
supplemental security income. However, for years, the Social Security 
Administration relied on convicted prisoners to notify them of their 
ineligibility for SSI benefits. Not surprisingly, hundreds of prisoners 
convicted of robbery, rape, and assault continue to receive welfare 
benefits while in jail, courtesy of the American taxpayer.
  Perhaps the worst example of this fraud and abuse, California's 
``freeway killer,'' William Bonin, responsible for killing more than 44 
people, received $80,000 in fraudulent SSI payments while on death row.
  In response, Republicans developed and passed a solution to this 
problem. As a result, taxpayers today will save over $3 billion.

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