Most importantly. the Mink plan protects our most valuable resource and the innocent victims in the welfare reform debateour children. It does not include requirements to deny benefits to children of teenage mothers of ichildren born to families already on AFDC. It provides critical resources necessary to obtain a job. such as education. job training. and child care. The Mink plan also does not discriminate by denying benefits to legal immigrants. very few of whom come to the United States seeking public. assistance. Mr. Chairman. the Mink substitute seeks a positive and realistic longterm solution to the problem of welfare dependency.
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