First, we do need to pass a welfare reform bill.

Yet the new welfare reform bill does not mandate that the states provide any kind of drug or alcohol treatment.

What government needs isn't a single piece of legislation as in the welfare reform bill.

Around 3pm: Peers debate the welfare reform bill at its second reading.

The welfare reform bill would use them to locate parents who are behind on child support.

"I don't know what the chances are of a welfare reform bill passing in 1994," he said.

But the third welfare reform bill Congress passed was a different story.

And I'm proud to say that we finally have a welfare reform bill.

The welfare reform bill passed by the Senate would add an estimated $2.8 billion to the budget over the next five years.

We ought to have that welfare reform bill up on the floor.