Babies Quote by Gail Collins

“Although the 1996 welfare reform pushed millions of low-income single moms into the workforce, it did nothing to improve the conditions of low-wage jobs.…

— Kathryn Edin

The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that…

— Jim Talent

Unfortunately, liberals didn't stop with welfare-statism. They also turned to economic regulations, not understanding that such interventions, again, harmed the very people they were…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it.…

— Tom Coburn

For a long time the Conservative party gave the impression of not being terribly interested in the people who were on welfare and that…

— David Gauke

Conservatives are, I think, correct to highlight family stability as a fundamental issue that goes to the welfare of children as much as food…

— Nicholas Kristof

“The irony is that only by a particularly narrow definition does a Walmart job get you off welfare - as a matter of policy,…

— Laura Briggs

If the Left really wants to preserve family structure and advance cultural values such as work, why do they oppose reforms to a welfare…

— Stephen Moore

I think what the Conservatives have done, scaling back welfare payment, is overwhelmingly positive. There's only a certain amount of welfare they can give…

— Georgia Toffolo

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…

— Patricia Hewitt

We need a conservative welfare reform initiative that is focused on putting people back to work and ensures taxpayer money is only spent on…

— Todd Young

We passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it.

— William J. Clinton