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E. Clay Shaw, Jr.: “Well, I think there has to be a safety net, and there must be--and I think that is what we are supporting on our side.…”

On the recordMay 4, 1994
Well, I think there has to be a safety net, and there must be--and I think that is what we are supporting on our side. One of the problems, and the problem that we really have not--not approached here as a Congress is the question of male responsibility. There are more teenaged kids having babies, more single mothers having babies, and the father gets a free ride. I have heard of instances--two and three in the hospital at the same time.
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E. Clay Shaw, Jr.
Florida

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Discussing the need for male responsibility in the context of teen pregnancies and single motherhood.

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