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Medical coverage for their kids will get it. We will give them all the help they need. And we will keep them on public assistance for up to two years. But after that people who are able to work have to go to work great either in the private sector or through Community Service job. No more permanent dependence on welfare as a way of life. Host that was then president ial candidate bill clinton at Georgetown University in 1991 making his first pledge to end welfare as we know it. Five years later he signed the personal responsibility and work opportunity act which did just that. Here to talk about that legislation and its impact are two historians with expertise on the u. S. Social safety net. Edward berkowitz at George Washington university. We also have Sanford Schram of hunter college. Thank you both for joining us this morning. Good morning. Host edward, this is the fifth in our series of landmark legislation. Why do you think that the 1996 welfare reform bill fits the description of

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