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Patricia Schroeder: “the war on kids just got extremer and meaner yesterday. We all know about the war on the lunch program and paper plates…”

On the recordMarch 7, 1995
the war on kids just got extremer and meaner yesterday. We all know about the war on the lunch program and paper plates are coming in in the mail every day to my office saying please save it, please save it. But yesterday we saw one more step that I really could not believe. We saw them take out of the Child Support Enforcement Act a provision saying a deadbeat parent could have their driver's license taken away. Now, I think that is amazing. As they are taking away a child's lunch, they are not at all hesitant to leave a deadbeat parent with their driver's license. Heaven forbid. What is a child supposed to do? The child, I guess, is supposed to pick better parents before birth. I do not think that is a good answer.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
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Discussing the impact of legislative changes on children and parental responsibilities.

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