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A former U.S. visa holder who moved to America as a young child with his parents from the Netherlands joined immigration policy experts to testify and offer recommendations to congressional …

Olivia Golden and Robert Rector talked about the latest Census Bureau report on poverty and income in the U.S. This program included a clip of Senator tom Carper (D-DE) talking about his exp…

Olivia Golden and Robert Rector talked about the latest Census Bureau report on poverty in the U.S., which showed the sharpest decline in the poverty rate in nearly 50 years.

The American Enterprise Institute hosted a series of panel discussions analyzing the impact of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), also know…

The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute hosted a forum to mark the 20th anniversary of President Bill Clinton signing into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppo…

Robert Rector and Rebecca Vallas talked about House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) poverty reduction proposal, which was unveiled earlier in the week.

Robert Rector and Isabel Sawhill talked about the state of poverty in the U.S. and the impact of cuts to programs such as SNAP (food stamps) on the economy and individuals and families. They…

Robert Rector and Alex Nowrasteh talked about immigration policy, which both men debated during a June 18 closed-door session of the House Republican Study Committee, and they responded to t…

Panelists talked about the costs of immigration reform on the long- and short-term federal budget and the wider impact on the economy. At the time of the program, Congress was working on leg…

Robert Rector, who played a major role in crafting the 1996 welfare reform bill , talked about President Obama’s move to give states more flexibility dealing with federal welfare rules. He a…

Robert Rector talked about the $630 billion a year spent by the federal government on hundreds of anti-poverty programs. He discussed which ones work and government oversight of the initiati…

Witnesses testified on the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act. The bill would expand access for millions of children to healthy meals year-round in schools, child care, and commu…

Donna Pavetti and Robert Rector talked about the U.S. welfare system, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the Temporary Assistance to Needy F…

Robert Rector talked about illegal immigrants and health care. President Obama has said that his health care plan would not cover illegal immigrants, but also said that they should be legali…

Participants spoke about the links between immigration policy and health care reform. They noted that a high proportion of immigrants, both legal and illegal, were among the ranks of the uni…

Robert Rector talked about the Heritage Foundation’s new report on immigration that projects a cost of 2.6 trillion dollars to taxpayers from immigration reform proposals currently being con…

Panelists talked about the successes and failures of welfare reform since President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act on August…

As part of a symposium on “Welfare Reform at 10: Marking the Milestone,” the first panel, moderated by Kate O’Beirne, discussed the 1996 welfare reform legislation and analyzed its successes…

Robert Rector talked about his recent presentation at the Heritage Foundation, which suggested that passage of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (S. 2611) would bring in 100 million n…

Robert Rector, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and Jodie Levin-Epstein, Associate Director for the Center for Law and Social Policy, talked about federal funding for sex …