Duncan Faircloth: “in 1994, when President Clinton sent his first welfare reform bill to Congress, he said that preventing teenage…”

“in 1994, when President Clinton sent his first welfare reform bill to Congress, he said that preventing teenage pregnancy and out-of-wedlock births was a critical part of welfare reform. I hope we all could agree with the President on that point and also agree to waive the point of order against the funding for abstinence education programs. Abstinence education programs across the country have shown very promising results in reducing teenage pregnancies and reducing the teenage pregnancy rate, and it deserves to be expanded with Federal assistance. This provision does not take funds from existing programs and will be a critical help in meeting the bill's goal of reducing out-of-wedlock births. Mr. President, our colleagues on the other side have asked us repeatedly to consider the children. Abstinence education is an effective means to help children avoid the trap of teenage pregnancy. I urge my colleagues to vote to waive the Budget Act on this provision.”