The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform.

What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs.

While the rest of the country is still talking about welfare reform, Texas is implementing it.

A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can't get $5 billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform.

For our welfare reform efforts to be successful, we must empower local charitable organizations with the resources to address their local community needs.

The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future.