Mr. President, today I rise to introduce legislation that will enhance and encourage charitable contributions in the United States. As many know, this week, the President is set to unveil a number of initiatives to promote charitable giving and to expand the role that charities and faith-based institutions play in attacking social problems in the United States.
Government alone is incapable of solving society's most vexing problems.
In fact, government programs often fail in their missions. The old welfare system is a perfect example of what often goes wrong. Under the old system, we encouraged people to stay on welfare. We encouraged fathers to live out of the home. We ended this with our welfare reform bill.