Janlori Goldman Quotes
We shouldn't have to give up all our rights, just because we are receiving a Government benefit.
Janlori Goldman, Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union, Quoted in New York Times, September 18, 1988
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It was finally passed and signed into law on August 22, 1996
What makes this a noteworthy political quotation is that when he made the statement, his party had lurched to the radical right and almost no one else in the Republican party would publicly say that the Federal Government had any legitimate role that involved social services, food distribution, welfare or health care. Also the Republican Presidential candidate the day before had been discovered writing off the poorest 43 percent of the country. Heller however, was up for reelection in a state what was hit much harder than most in the Great Recession and without Federal Assistance many state residents would be in terrible circumstances and Heller would not fare well in the election if he took the then required Republican ideology. Also, Heller came from a blue collar family and had a much different outlook than most Republicans of that particular time.
