The 1996 welfare reform law, for the first time, connected welfare benefits with an expectation that recipients would work or participate in training. That work requirement led to record increases in employment and earnings and a record decrease in poverty and welfare dependence after it was enacted.
Trade is a source of strength and an engine of growth for America.
For people to escape poverty for good, we need better policies that support work, strengthen families, and move America forward.
The TPP supports economic growth and job creation in America while expanding access for American goods and services in the Asia-Pacific region.
Trade transcends party lines here in Washington, and it unifies stakeholders across the globe.
Trade plays an important role in empowering our nation, growing its economy, creating domestic jobs, and enhancing American competitiveness in the global chain of commerce.
Having more customers means nothing if America's small businesses cannot obtain the required capital to support their exports in the competitive international markets.
America's small businesses and manufacturers are innovators ready to usher in a new wave of growth and opportunity if given access to foreign markets.
The United States cannot achieve significant economic growth without expanding exports.
Opening markets abroad through trade agreements is especially important for American small businesses and manufacturers to enhance growth and job creation.
Too often, patients without a primary doctor go to expensive hospital emergency rooms for nonurgent care.
We can create more affordable coverage options for all Americans and help patients with pre-existing conditions - without forcing any satisfied Americans to lose coverage they like - through high-risk pools and reinsurance options.
As a physician, I treated hundreds of patients who needed long-term care, including ones with Alzheimer's.
The incredible resiliency and spirit of the people of Louisiana is inspiring, to say the least.
This country doesn't have a revenue problem - it has a spending problem.
Washington Democrats see the IRS' overextended resources and automatically think the answer is to take and spend more of your tax dollars. I disagree.
The tax code's complexity adds enormous costs to families and businesses across the country and takes nothing short of an army of federal bureaucrats to enforce.
Just like American families, government agencies need to start doing more with less, and the Internal Revenue Service is no exception.
Medicaid is a deeply flawed program.
Senator Vitter and I had a track record of working together on some key issues, restoring funding for our waterways and ports; he assisted me on the Senate side with the veterans' clinics. We have a working relationship where we look out for the interests of Louisiana.
