It promotes work over a continual cycle of welfare. It returns power and money to the States and encourages personal responsibility. Madam. Chairwoman. this reform proposal also denies welfare for noncitizens and includes a provision I developed with a sheriff in my district to deny imprisoned criminals welfare and create an incentive for local law enforcement officials to help stop this abuse. Currently. an estimated 5 to 10 percent of inmates in local and State Jails are illegally receiving welfare checks. Without this welfare reform. the American taxpayer will allegedly give prisoners $270 million over the next 7 years in welfare payments.
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