Joe Pitts: “the same group of liberals is crying foul the same way they did 6 years ago. There is only one thing that has done more…”

“the same group of liberals is crying foul the same way they did 6 years ago. There is only one thing that has done more to keep people in poverty than the old welfare system did: Mr. Speaker, I am talking about teen pregnancy. Statistically speaking, when low-income teenage girls get pregnant, they are dooming themselves to a lifetime of poverty and they are dooming their kids to a lifetime of poverty. Now, some of them escape it and succeed despite the odds, but most do not. And, Mr. Speaker, there is only one way kids can avoid getting pregnant before they are ready, and that is to abstain from sex until they are married. Some of our liberal friends say it is unrealistic to expect kids to abstain from sex. Some even say that it is dangerous to teach abstinence. That tells me they do not believe in America's kids. They expect them to fail, and when we expect a kid to fail, that kid probably will fail. Let us be honest, the only real way to prevent our kids from getting STDs is to teach them to abstain until marriage. Now, I know a lot of kids who are saving themselves for marriage. I know them. They are proud of it. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a good program, and I urge support of the bill.”