count on for local news that
"I'm doing my best to answer
your question." ((St. Sen.
Joyce Elliott/(D) Little
Rock)) "Ok, let's try itagain." ((St. Sen. Scott
Flippo/(R) Bull Shoals))
"Let's try again, senator."
((Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin)) "Just
don't talk over each other."
((BOB)) AFTER A HEATED DEBATE
ON THE SENATE FLOOR...
((BOB)) A BILL TO EXPAND THE
WORK REQUIREMENT FOR FOOD
STAMP RECIPIENTS GOES TO THE
GOVERNOR. GOOD AFTERNOON AND
WELCOME TO KARK NEWS AT FIVE.
I'M BOB CLAUSEN. THE BILL WILL
PLAYED OUT AHEAD OF THE VOTE.
((JESSI )) THE BILL ULTIMATELY
PASSED 25 TO 9 WITH
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE VOTE.
((St. Sen. Joyce Elliott/(D)
Little Rock)) "I don't want
this to get mixed up with even
assuming that anybody in here
doesn't want people to work."
THE SENATE DEBATEááá
SURROUNDING A BILL TO EXPAND
THE WORK REQUIREMENT FOR FOOD
STAMP RECIPIENTSááá LESS ABOUT
WORK AND MORE ABOUT ACCESS.
((St. Sen. Eddie Cheatham/(D)
Crossett)) "Some of my Senate
district, it's a long way from
where they live to where
there's any kind of training
SENATOR JOYCE ELLIOTT TO
REITERATE HER COLLEAGUE'S
CONCERNS. ((St. Sen. Joyce
Elliott/(D) Little Rock))
"Does it mean anything to you
at all?" ((St. Sen. Scott
Flippo/(R) Bull Shoals)) "Sen.
Elliott, here's my thing.
There is an abundance jobsin this statand I'm
completely unsatisfied that 72percent of able bodied working
age adults on SNAP benefits
are currently not working.
Yeah, I find that very
problematic." ((St. Sen. Joyce
Elliott/(D) Little Rock)) "I
do, too." THE BILL'S SPONSORá
STATE SENATOR SCOTT FLIPPOá
SAID THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
WORKFORCE SERVICES WILL HAVE
THREE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THE
TRAINING PROGRAMS... WHICH
SHOULD BE LOCATED IN ALL 75
COUNTIES. ((St. Sen. Scott
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE
STATE. ((St. Sen. Trent
Garner/(R) El Dorado)) "Ronald
Reagan said, 'The greatest
form of welfare is a job.'"
BUT SENATOR ELLIOTT THOUGHT
SOME OF HER COLLEAGUES STILL
DIDN'T GET THE POINT. ((St.
REQUIREMENT FOR FOOD STAMP
RECIPIENTS. UNLIKE THE ONE FOR
MEDICAID... THIS RULE DOES NOT
REQUIRE A WAIVER FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. LIVE AT
THE STATE CAPITOL I'M JESSI
TURNURE.
