[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 48 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TANF REAUTHORIZATION

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, for those who think welfare 
reform is working well because caseloads have decreased, I ask them to 
come with me through low-income neighborhoods across the country. Walk 
into the many ghettos and barrios in distressed areas and tell those 
individuals that welfare reform is working.
  During the caseload plunge, many recipients moved laterally in the 
employment sector from one low-income, low-wage job to another one.
  In order to do real welfare reform, we must put hope in the new 
welfare bill. We must put in job training, education, and transitional 
movement. We must have a strong fatherhood initiative. Many of the 
individuals are parents of children. They are incarcerated, in jail, in 
the penitentiaries. If there is to be hope, we must make welfare reform 
a reality. If there is no work, there is no hope, and there is no 
welfare to work.

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