Facebook / Rep. Kevin Hern Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) emphasized his support for work requirements being placed on more social safety net programs during a Tuesday committee meeting, saying part of what makes America great is continuous labor. "That's what the American Dream is all about, is you take risks, you get knocked down and you get up and you do it again and again and again, and your journey of the American Dream is not a destination. It is a place that you continue to work until you're not here anymore," Hern said during the House Ways and Means Committee GOP meeting titled "Building on Welfare Reform's Success."