NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Mr. Speaker, the glare of the camera lights is not present here. The press gallery is virtually empty. Yet, today, Mr.…”

“Mr. Speaker, the glare of the camera lights is not present here. The press gallery is virtually empty. Yet, today, Mr. Speaker, with this legislation we will send a signal across America that I hope many in this town will heed. Because today, with passage of this legislation, we will reaffirm that there are members of both major parties here who are willing to put people before politics. The gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ramstad) recounted it well. It is chilling, really, to think about the conversation that occurred between the mother of a missing child and an employee of the Federal Government, one charged presumably with the mission of service to our citizenry. In asking if the deduction for a dependent was still in effect, this Washington bureaucrat said, 'No, we presume your child to be dead.' Mr. Speaker, is there anyone in this Chamber, no matter partisan label or political philosophy, who believes that was the right thing to do? Is there anyone who could condone that heartless act? Our Founders warned us of placing overwhelming powers in the hands of a Federal bureaucracy. Individual freedoms are threatened; but, more importantly, common sense is often abandoned.”