Mike Levin: “I am proud to be cosponsor with the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Shaw), chairman of the committee, on this legislation.…”

“I am proud to be cosponsor with the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Shaw), chairman of the committee, on this legislation. This Congress has been at this problem for a decade, and we are talking here about the children of America and children who are in great need. We made some progress in the last 10 years. Support orders have become more numerous and they have become more enforced. But it remains this today: About half of the children where there is a separation and a divorce in most cases do not have a support order. And in the half of the cases where they do, there is not in many of them full compliance with that order. Madam Chairman, this is an essential part of our effort to provide strength, support within the family where there is need. The gentleman from Florida and his staff have worked endlessly with our staff and with the administration, and I am proud to be a cosponsor of the Shaw- Levin bill on child support. Madam Chairman, I want to emphasize that I think this is a tough bill.”