Robert Rector Bibliography March 2018 Books and Monographs Reducing Hunger and Very Low Food Security, Washington, D.C. The Heritage Foundation, February, 2016. The Redistributive State: The Allocation of Government Benefits, Services, and Taxes in the United States. Heritage Foundation White Paper, Washington, D.C., The Heritage Foundation, September 15, 2015. With Jason Richwine, The Fiscal Costs of Unlawful Immigrants and Amnesty to the Taxpayer. Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Foundation, May 6, 2013. With Bradley, Katherine and Rachel Sheffield, Obama to Spend $10.3 Trillion on Welfare: Uncovering the Full Cost of Means-tested Welfare or Aid to the Poor. Heritage Foundation Special Report, SR-67, Washington, D.C. 2009. With Kim, Christine, The Fiscal Cost of Low Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer, The Heritage Foundation Special Report, May 21, 2007. With Kim, Christine and Shanea Watkins, The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Households to the U.S Taxpayer, Heritage Special Report, SR-12, Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Foundation, April 4, 2007. With Martin, Shannan and Melissa G. Pardue. Comprehensive Sex Education vs. Authentic Abstinence, A Study of Competing Curricula. Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Foundation, 2004. With Youssef, Sarah E. The Impact of Welfare Reform: the Trend in State Caseloads 1985-1998. Washington D.C.: The Heritage Foundation, 1999. With Lauber, William F. America’s Failed $5.4 Trillion War on Poverty. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1995. Ed. With Sanera, Michael. Steering the Elephant: How Washington Works. New York: Universe Books, 1987. Chapters in Books With Kirk A. Johnson and Patrick F. Fagan, “Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty”, in Handbook of Families and Poverty, eds. D. Russell Crane and Tim B. Heaton, pp. 457-470, United States: Sage Publications, 2008. “In Welfare Reform Governors Miss the Point.” In Welfare: a Documentary History of U.S. Policy and Politics, edited by Gwendolyn Mink and Rickie Solinger, pp. 638-639. New York and London, New York University, 2008 “Welfare: Preserving and Expanding Welfare Reform.” in Agenda 2003, pp. 33-36. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 2003. “Welfare Reform: Requiring Work and Rebuilding Marriage.” in Issues 2002, pp. 107-120. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 2002. “Implementing Welfare Reform and Restoring Marriage.” in Priorities for the President, pp.71-96. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation 2001. “Comment: State Sanctions and Time Limits.” in The New World of Welfare, pp. 264-269. Edited by Rebecca Blank and Ron Haskins. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institute Press, 2001 “Welfare: Broadening the Reform.” in Issues 2000, pp. 287-324. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation 2000. “Welfare: Expanding the Reform.” in Issues ’98, pp. 198-224. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1998. “Welfare Reform.” in Issues ’96, pp. 197-226. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1996. “How ‘Poor’ Are America’s Poor?” in The State of Humanity, pp. 241-256. Edited by Julian L. Simon. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 1995. “Reforming Welfare,” in Certain Truths, pp.221-233. Edited by Mitchell B. Pearlstein. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Center of the American Experiment, 1995. “Stringing Along: The ‘No Strings’ Approach to Welfare Reform Would Not Be Likely to Result in Reform Worthy of the Name,” in Dollars &Sense, pp. 55-58. Washington, DC: The Finance Project, Institute for Educational Leadership, 1995. With McLaughlin, Michael. “A Conservative’s Guide to State-Level Welfare Reform,” in Making Government Work, pp.137-182. Edited by Tex Lezar. San Antonio, Texas: The Texas Public Policy Foundation, 1992. “Reducing the Financial Burden on the Embattled American Family,” in A Prosperity Plan for America, pp. 33-44. Edited by Scott A. Hodge. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1992. “Child Care Policy: Empowering Families,” in Breaking the Chain: From Dependency to Opportunity, pp..17-24. Washington, DC: American Legislative Exchange Council, 1991. “Myths and Facts About Families and Daycare,” in Who Will Rock the Cradle? pp.203-232. Edited by Phyllis Schlafly. Washington, DC: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, 1989. Congressional and Other Testimony National Commission on Hunger, Hunger and Very Low Food Security Testimony before the National Commission on Hunger, Revised Version, July 30, 2015 U.S. Congress, House, The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform United States House of Representatives, The Fiscal Consequences of Executive Amnesty, March 17, 2015 U.S. Congress, House, Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, Uncovering the Hidden Welfare State, June 19, 2012. U.S. Congress, House, Committee on the Budget, Examining the Means-tested Welfare State,, May 3, 2012. U.S. Congress, House, Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Mean, Uncovering the Hidden Welfare State: 69 Means-tested Programs and $940 Billion in Annual Spending, April 5, 2011. 2 U.S. Congress, Senate, Joint Economic Committee, Understanding and Reducing Poverty in America., September 25th, 2008. U.S. Congress, House, Subcommittee on Immigration of the Committee on the Judiciary, The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to State and Local Taxpayers. May 17, 2007. U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Ways and Means, The Impact of Welfare Reform., July 19, 2006. U.S. Congress, House, Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, Welfare Reform and The Healthy Marriage Initiative, February 10, 2005. U.S. Congress, Senate, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Housing Policy and Welfare Reform, 107th Cong. 2nd sess., May 1, 2002. U.S. Congress, House, Subcommittee on Human Resources, the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Next Steps in Welfare Reform, 107th Cong. 2nd sess. April 11, 2002. U.S Congress, House, Committee on the Budget, The Size and Scope of Means-Tested Welfare Spending. 107th Cong. 1st sess. August 1, 2001. U.S. Congress, House, Sub-committee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Committee on Agriculture. Reforming Food Stamps to Promote Work and Reduce Poverty and Dependence, 107th Cong. 1st sess. June 27th 2001. U.S. Congress, House,. Sub-committee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means. The Effects of Welfare Reform, 107th Cong. 1st sess., March 15, 2001. U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Budget. Means-Tested Welfare Spending: Past and Future Growth., 107th Cong 1st Sess., March 7th 2001. U.S. Congress. House. Sub-committee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means. The Fathers Count Act of 1999. 106th Cong. 1st sess., October, 5, 1999. U.S. Congress, House, Sub-committee on Post-Secondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. Welfare Reform and the Decline in Dependence. 106th Cong. 1st sess. September 9, 1999 U.S. Congress. House. Sub-committee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means. Out- of Wedlock Childbearing: Trends and Social Effects. 106th Cong., 1st sess., June 29, 1999. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. How to Reduce Welfare Dependence. Hearings before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. 105th Cong., 1st sess., April 24, 1997. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Welfare Reform and Non-Citizens. Hearings before a subcommittee on Human Resources. 105th Cong., 1stsess., February 13, 1997. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Causes of Poverty, With a Focus on Out-of- Wedlock Births. Hearings before the subcommittee on Human Resources. 104th Cong., 2nd sess., May 23, 1996. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Rising Illegitimacy, Poverty, and Dependence in American Society. Hearings before a subcommittee on Human Resources. 104th Cong., 2nd sess., March 12, 1996. 3 U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. The Use of SSI and Other Welfare Programs by Immigrants. Hearings before a subcommittee on Immigration. 104th Cong., 2nd sess., February 6, 1996. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995. Hearings before a subcommittee on Immigration on H.R. 1915. 104th Cong., 1st sess., June 29, 1995. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Broad Policy Goals of Welfare Reform. 104th Cong., 1st sess., March 9, 1995. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Reforming the Present Welfare System. Hearings before a subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. 104th Cong., 1st sess., February 14, 1995. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reinventing Government. 104th Cong., 1st sess., January 25, 1995. U.S Congress. House. Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. Contract with America: Hearing on Welfare Reform. 104th Cong., 1st sess., January 18, 1995. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Contract With America: Welfare Reform, Part 1. 104th Cong., 1st sess., January 13, 1995. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Welfare Reform Proposals, Including H.R. 4605, The Work and Responsibility Act of 1994, Part 2. Hearings before a subcommittee on Human Resources on H.R. 4605. 103rd Cong., 2nd sess., August 9, 1994. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Hearings before a subcommittee on Human Resources on H.R. 529. 103rd Cong., 1st sess., April 28, 1993. U.S. Congress. Joint. Economic Committee. American Incomes and Poverty at Labor Day 1992. 102nd Cong., 2nd sess., September 3, 1992. U.S Congress. House. Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, Select. Federal Policy Perspectives on Welfare Reform: Rhetoric, Reality and Opportunities. Hearings Before a subcommittee on Hunger Domestic Task Force. 102nd Cong., 2nd sess., April 9, 1992. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, Select. America’s Families: Conditions, Trends, Hopes and Fears. 102nd Cong., 2nd sess., February 19, 1992. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means.