Political Quotes

“I support the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, a bill which would ensure that children and families will not be unnecessarily punished in states still working on establishing database systems required under the Family Support Act of 1988. Under the current law, 42,182 children in the District of Columbia could lose vital assistance through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. And the District is not alone. Because of the complexities involved in establishing these database systems, 29 states including several large states such as California, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania, were unable to meet an extended deadline under the old law. The alternative penalties that have been developed in this bill will reward the states that have met the statutory deadline of setting up a database system without unduly punishing the children of our country living in the majority of the states and the District of Columbia.”