The Obama campaign on Tuesday attempted to push back against a new
Mitt Romney ad accusing the president of weakening the 1996 Welfare
Reform Act by falsely accusing the GOP nominee of supporting looser
welfare requirements.
Obama surrogate and former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta defended the administration’s effort to waive welfare requirements for states on a Tuesday conference call with supporters.
“[Department of Health and Human Services] Secretary [Kathleen] Sebelius proposed giving states flexibility to improve the effectiveness of welfare to work program,” he said. “In contrast Gov. Romney in 2005 signed a letter requesting a complete waiver [from work requirements] … that would have completely undermined the 1996 law.”
Obama campaign Policy Director James Kvaal added, “President Obama is entirely supportive [of welfare reform].”
“Mitt Romney has hardly shown consistency in welfare reform … he gave free cars to welfare recipients,” he said.
The Obama talking points, however, distort both candidates’ records on welfare reform.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/weakening-welfare/
Obama surrogate and former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta defended the administration’s effort to waive welfare requirements for states on a Tuesday conference call with supporters.
“[Department of Health and Human Services] Secretary [Kathleen] Sebelius proposed giving states flexibility to improve the effectiveness of welfare to work program,” he said. “In contrast Gov. Romney in 2005 signed a letter requesting a complete waiver [from work requirements] … that would have completely undermined the 1996 law.”
Obama campaign Policy Director James Kvaal added, “President Obama is entirely supportive [of welfare reform].”
“Mitt Romney has hardly shown consistency in welfare reform … he gave free cars to welfare recipients,” he said.
The Obama talking points, however, distort both candidates’ records on welfare reform.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/weakening-welfare/
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