BUSH/WELFARE REFORM

01:01:12;21 [President George W Bush Outlines Next Stage in Welfare Reform in East Room ceremony (switched)]---(IN PROGRESS) SOT Bush wants bipartisan legislation that will continue reforms; Hse readying legislation (01:18 WS room applauding); welfare reform on of the great success stories; compassionate to help people help themselves; caseloads dropped by more than half (2.8 million fewer children than in 96); real success found in number of changed lives; 03:07 notes participants Tiffany Smith and Christine Anthony, Emory Bent and Bernadine Murphy; 03:45 notes Bent was unemployed, homeless, struggling w drugs; worked w Project Renewal, NY (04:11 Bent, right profile) now works at Home Depot, completing college degree; more than willing to give praise to Almighty, faith based initiative helped; 05:43 tells Murphy’s story: had been homeless w 3 kids; struggled w drugs, self esteem nonexistent; enrolled in 13 week training program; 11 weeks PT w mentor; (06:14 Murphy holds eyes, weeping); now has own apt, works at Bellows&Bellows law firm (06:38 WS crowd standing ovation&Murphy still weeping w Bent, Bush: "I hope those are tears of joy"); 07:24 tribute to personal effort of those who leave welfare, organizations who help them, businesses who hire them; Welfare to Work Partnership helped provide 1.1 million jobs; 08:26 responsibilities of businesses; urges Welfare to Work Partnership involvement; 10:06 the 1996 welfare law must be reauthorized by Congress. I propose spending a lot of money on welfare, to make sure that…we can help people help themselves spending $17 billion a year from 2003 to 2007, the same level it was last year. But remember, the case loads are going down, so we can keep the money the same; 10:59 we've got to strengthen the work requirements for those on welfare; 11:16 I propose that every state be required, within five years, to have 70 percent of the welfare recipients working; 11:46 The welfare recipients must spend at least 40 hours a wee...

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