Political Quotes

“today I am introducing the Interstate Child Support Act of 1994. This legislation will strengthen our efforts to get ``dead beat'' parents to provide for their children. There has been such discussion of late on the issue of family values. A child growing up in poverty and a mother put through needless financial stress by a father not living up to his responsibilities is without a doubt an issue worthy of much consideration. The facts are that 1-in-4 children live in a single-parent household. Most of us know how difficult it is to make ends meet with a two-income family. It does not take much imagination to envision how hard it must be for a single parent trying to juggle a job and family. One of the most startling statistics is that only half the single parents have sought out and obtained child support orders. That means that 50 percent of the single mothers either have been unable to track down the father or have not pursued or are unaware of their legal rights. Of the parents who have sought out and obtained child support, only half receive the full amount they are entitled to. In other words, 50 percent of the mothers don't even have child support orders and of the 50 percent that do, only half of them are getting what their children are entitled to. Approximately 25 percent of the single parents who have child support orders actually receive nothing at all. These are the worst offenders-- the so-called dead beat dads.”