The ultimate issue here is to protect our children more and to give more control of family life back to parents.

The most important job in this country is still to raise good children and support families.

The legislation makes damaging structural changes and deep budget cuts that would fall hardest on children and undermine States' ability to move people from welfare to work.

Let us bring peace to every child who deserves to be free from violence and full of hope.

If the Republican plan becomes law, millions of children would be denied basics they need: health care they now have, schooling they can count on, school lunches, a safe place to live, or air and water we can be sure is safe to breathe and to drink.

We don't have to hurt our children to balance the budget.

Citizens from all communities and organizations from the public and private sectors must join together to renew our commitment to finding permanent homes for each one of America's children.

It places children into loving, permanent homes where they can flourish and grow up to become happy, healthy, productive members of our national community.

I do not believe America would be stronger if we denied tens of thousands of young children the chance to be in the Head Start program.

Do you really want those thousands of kids out of the chance to be in the Head Start program?

You are not alone, and you must keep fighting for all of us and especially for our children.

We wish for all of our children a drug-free America.

Education is the way we keep the promise of the American dream to all of our children without regard to their circumstances.

The dissemination of true educational programming across the public airwaves is a priceless gift to our children.

Let us join in support of Hispanic children and families as they strive to fulfill the American Dream.

These programs are not bureaucratic programs; they relate to the future of our children.

We have a moral obligation to prepare the future for our children and our grandchildren.

I believe we can reduce the deficit without compromising our commitment to education and to our children and without undermining our commitment to our seniors in Social Security and basic Medicare needs.