Political Quotes

“This amendment, essentially, accomplishes a very specific purpose: to reinstate an Executive order which was in effect for over 10 years intended to "ensure that the autonomy and rights of the family are considered in the formulation and implementation of policies by Executive departments and agencies." I am offering the Family Impact Statement Act as a relevant amendment to the Treasury-Postal appropriations bill because it is this bill which funds the agency which will oversee its implementation and enforcement; namely, the Office of Management and Budget. I believe that today, in an era during which observers and social scientists from all parts of the political spectrum have come to realize the profound importance of the family on character development, we should be doing everything we can to protect the health, security and autonomy of the American family. This belief lay behind President Ronald Reagan's signing of the family impact Executive order in 1987. In my view, President Clinton made a mistake last April when he revoked this order as part of an Executive order on environmental policy.”