[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 18888-18889]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             WELFARE REFORM

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I rise to speak on another subject, but 
I think it is appropriate for me to respond to the Senator from 
Delaware only in a general way, not to the specific points he made.
  I do take very seriously his efforts at what we call welfare reform, 
moving people from welfare to work, because not only as Governor did he 
demonstrate leadership in that area, but in

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the short time I have served with him in the Senate, he has talked with 
me frequently about various aspects of welfare, and I know he has been 
working with others on his side of the aisle, as well as Republicans.
  I hope to be able to give fair consideration to the propositions 
about which he has spoken this morning.
  (The remarks of Mr. Grassley pertaining to the introduction of S. 
1440 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced 
Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

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