Eva M. Clayton

I agree. There is a lot of opportunity for parents to give monitoring guidance and advice about not only the magazines they read, the music they hear, the shows they look at, but that comes from parents being engaged with their young…

I want to say to you young people can handle more than you think, and they are handling more than you realize. We are afraid somehow to converse with our young people, but we are conversing non-verbally with them. We give mixed signals…

You know, all of our young people are not blessed like your young people and mine, and to ignore that is to dump them in the streets. They need some institution embracing them or somewhere where they get factual information and credible…

I am here this evening to really report good news and bad news on the level of teen pregnancy. Because we care about our young people, and because they care about themselves, we must celebrate the good news and work to improve the bad. Mr…

the world lost two well-known, highly respected and dearly loved women in the last week, Mother Teresa and Princess Diana. Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa, early in her life, committed herself to an order of the nunnery and that would have…

teenage pregnancy is indeed a serious problem, and many of us have been engaged in efforts to resolve that problem. The approach you take depends on where your own perspective is in assessing this critical issue. Teenage pregnancy not only…

I rose before this committee over a year ago and I now stand before you today, once again to strongly urge a vote against this amendment. The Burton amendment, whether it freezes, cuts, or caps foreign assistance to India, is a step in the…

I am saddened but inspired tonight. I am saddened because I stand here to say farewell to a sister friend who lived a life worth emulating. The late Betty Shabazz was a woman of character, a woman of strength and presence. She rose above…

last week, this Nation suffered a great loss. And because of that loss, those who favor freedom and believe in individual rights and civil rights will not soon recover. However, while we lament the loss of Justice William Brennan, Jr., we…

I do plan to withdraw it because we do have the commitment from both sides to work it out; but if I may proceed, just to give the equity reason for it. I wanted our colleagues to know what this committee will be doing to try to rectify…

This is an equity issue. It is a fairness issue. By approving this amendment, we will authorize the Department of the Army to pay for the shipment of personal items which the Department itself has paid for before and which now, after some…

when the history of this century is written, it is my hope that the year 1997 will be recorded as significant in the effort to change the course and the culture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Known as the People's Department, USDA…

In discussing this amendment we really need to discuss the morality of young people smoking or the mortality of those who may be chronic long smokers. In spite of the good intentions of the sponsors, we are not doing that. What we should…

I want to commend the leadership of the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Wynn] and thank both the chair of the subcommittee and our ranking member of the subcommittee for both of them agreeing that this is the right thing to do. Let me just…

this Congress has not been very kind to small family farmers this year as the Agriculture Appropriation bill cuts funding by $3.7 billion over last year's bill. That cut is on top of a $10.3 billion cut last year, and an additional $5.8…

the point is that trying to raise the level of children to be healthy indeed is not a hard decision. I think the preferable way would be across the board. That is what my amendment would do. But if we are not going to raise it $23 million…

the tax bill that we are here discussing and in particular the tax bill under the reconciliation package looks good on its face. Federal taxes are cut by a total of $133 billion over 5 years. I believe the American people deserve and want…

I really wanted to vote for this bill. In fact, I voted for the balanced budget agreement in the Committee on the Budget and voted for it on the floor with reservations. I knew there were things in there I had problems with. One of the…

Mr. Speaker, I want to bring to my colleagues' attention a high priority matter for rural and minority communities, the recent important activities surrounding the longstanding problem of discrimination against minority farmers within the…

on Sunday we will observe Mother's Day, a day when we pause to celebrate the role of women in the life of American families. While celebrating the roles of women we also essentially celebrate infant and children, the true symbol of…

Today more than ever our children need us to stand up for them. As a parent and as a grandparent, I simply want to pave a path to the future for our young people. Unfortunately, there are those who want to keep them trapped in the past…

known as the people's department, the USDA was established when President Lincoln signed the law on May 15, 1862. It is ironic that the very department created by the President, who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, today faces…

I have been a tireless advocate along with many of my colleagues in fighting hunger in the United States. The bill before us today is aimed at helping to ensure that the funds allocated by the Federal Government for the food stamp program…

30 percent of all out-of-wedlock births are to teenagers below the age of 20. That astonishing reality should be alarming to Congress and to the citizens of our country. More importantly, the recently implemented welfare reform has…

Alexis Herman is more than qualified to serve as America's next Secretary of Labor. None can question her training, experience and preparation for this position. But, she brings more than those important qualities to the task. She is a…