I thank the senior Senator from California for her work and the staff work on this excellent amendment. Both Senators from California have been. shall we say. very upset about the impact of this bill on our great. wonderful. and beautiful State. We have been talking for several days about what approach we can take to keep with the principle of welfare rform but to make sure we do not ch.ange these rules in the middle of the gan.e so that innocent children. innocent families. even refugees who come here without a sponsor but to escape persecution. are not thrown out on the street. I was discussing this with a friend of mine who said. "Well. they will be taken care of. Someone is going to take care of them." I said that I used to be a county supervisor. and I know that we have the general assistance program. and we are required to take care of those who are completely destitute.
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