Political Quotes

“yesterday in a ``Dear Colleague'' I shared this poverty statistic with my colleagues: A recent study compared two groups of Americans: those who finished high school, got married and reached age 20 before having their first child, and those who didn't. Of the children of those in the first group, only 8% were living in poverty in 1992. In the second, the poverty rate was 79%. I read this alarming information in a William Raspberry column last week. Please watch for my ``Dear Colleague'' and read the Raspberry article. We know that the teenage out-of-wedlock birth rates are growing at an disastrous rate. In fact, many believe our current welfare policies, which were put in place to fight poverty, actually encourage poverty. Let us put the brakes on out-of-wedlock births. Cosponsor H.R. 1293. Fight poverty proactively.”