Welfare Reform Quotes
19 quotes by 16 authors
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When some Republican governors asked to try new ways to put people on welfare back to work, the Obama Administration said they would only do…
— William J. Clinton
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Have you ever noticed how statists are constantly "reforming" their own handiwork? Education reform. Health-care reform. Welfare reform. Tax reform. The very fact that they're…
— Lawrence Reed
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For our welfare reform efforts to be successful, we must empower local charitable organizations with the resources to address their local community needs.
— Mel Carnahan
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The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work…
— Jim Talent
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Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You…
— Tom Coburn
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I'm convinced that welfare reforms deserve our support, both because they are better (or at least much less bad) for the animals involved (the Golden…
— Bruce Friedrich
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Not only are the philosophies of animal rights and animal welfare separated by irreconcilable differences... the enactment of animal welfare measures actually impedes the achievement…
— Gary L. Francione
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A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can't get $5 billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform.
— Jim Wallis
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There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.
— Jack Kemp
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We passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it.
— William J. Clinton
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And some of what we're doing in Government even now, some of the welfare reform programs that are helping lone mothers come into work are…
— Patricia Hewitt
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The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform.
— Robert Scheer
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Welfare reforms and the whole “happy†exploitation movement are not “baby steps.†They are big steps–in a seriously backward direction.
— Gary L. Francione
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While the rest of the country is still talking about welfare reform, Texas is implementing it.
— John Sharp
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Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Blue Dogs have always acted in a bipartisan way. The Blue Dogs were the group in the Democratic side of the aisle that really pushed…
— Jim Matheson
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What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these…
— Robert Scheer
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After two years of fighting, government shutdowns and little to no agreement on anything except welfare reform in 1996, President Clinton was re-elected and decided…
— Ari Fleischer
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Conservatives were sure that if you eliminated welfare for single moms, it would eliminate - or at lease greatly reduce - single motherhood. So in…
— Gail Collins
Who Wrote These Welfare Reform Quotes
16 authors contributed a total of 19 Welfare Reform Quotes as follows: