Mr. Speaker. my Republican colleagues are about to release a welfare reform proposal here tomorrow. They say that the problem is no one works. illegitimacy. and too much welfare for too many immigrants. They say the solution is to establish paternity. restrict welfare. and crack down on deadbeat dads. If we look at the evidence. the problem is not that welfare recipients choose not to work. but that welfare recipients do not have the job skills to get jobs that will support their children. They say most of the increase in poverty and welfare is caused by illegitimacy. I believe they are wrong. and not only because of their poor choice of words.
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