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OPPOSING GOP WORKFARE IN TANF REAUTHORIZATION -- HON. BARBARA LEE (Extensions
of Remarks - April 26, 2002)
[Page: E637] GPO's PDF
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HON. BARBARA LEE
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, April 25, 2002
- Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, Education and training which lead to good-paying
jobs makes welfare to work work.
- Unfortunately, or fortunately, I have personal experience with this issue.
I know that real training and
education is the best way to lift public assistance recipients and families
out of poverty, so they can succeed at whatever career they choose--even in
the United States Congress.
- However, instead of helping TANF recipients have access to these
vital job preparation and education programs, a minimum wage, and a guarantee
of civil rights, the GOP welfare reform plan makes it significantly more
difficult for families to transition off of welfare. Denying parents on
welfare access to those educational and technical skills to make them
self-sufficient is counterproductive.
- Instead of making it easier for parents to prepare themselves for better
jobs, the Republican welfare reauthorization plan eliminates the
current law's ability to count up to a year of full-time education or training . This goes completely in the
wrong direction.
- Support real jobs, not workfare!