The bill we vote on today begins to repair a very badly broken welfare state in other ways. It puts healthy incentives in our welfare system. The generous package of welfare benefits available in America is a magnet for literally hundreds of thousands of legal and illegal immigrants. I do not believe this is just. and this bill properly denies welfare to noncitizens. Also. the Government will no longer tell young women. "If you have children you are not able to support and you are willing to raise them without a father the Government will reward you and pick up the tab." That Is the wrong message. This legislation allows States to end additional cash payments to unwed mothers who have additional children while collecting welfare.
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