Welfare

I wrote HB1908; it requires documentation of residency in Arkansas for at least 6 months before being eligible for welfare benefits. Currently, people who would take advantage of the

system can move to Arkansas with no intention of ever working and sign up for our tax-funded benefits before they unpack. Under my bill, these people may choose not to move to Arkansas.

I co-sponsored HB1196/Act160, which now requires individuals to seek employment if they are receiving public housing.

"Medicaid spending will bankrupt this state if not brought under control!" I voted against several bills that would massively increase Medicaid and welfare spending.

One being a bill that allocates our state tax dollars to provide free breakfasts for children of wealthy families. These children neither need nor desire school food. This is a waste of food and taxes. Poor kids were already getting free breakfast paid for by the federal government.

Medicaid is socialized medicine; we all know how well that works. Medicaid is already provided to hundreds of thousands of able-bodied people who refuse to work. The Bible says if you don't work, you don't eat. I think you should not get taxpayer-funded free healthcare either. As a Republican, I will not support any bill that redistributes wealth, no matter how good it is named.