[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 323 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 323

  Designating Monday, June 19, 2000, as National Eat-Dinner-With-Your-
                             Children Day.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 2000

  Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
   Bryan, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
DeWine, Mr. Helms, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Inouye) submitted 
      the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Designating Monday, June 19, 2000, as National Eat-Dinner-With-Your-
                             Children Day.

Whereas the use of illegal drugs and the abuse of substances such as alcohol and 
        nicotine constitute the single greatest threat to the health and well-
        being of American children;
Whereas surveys conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance 
        Abuse at Columbia University have found for each of the past 4 years 
        that children and teenagers who routinely eat dinner with their families 
        are far less likely to use illegal drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol;
Whereas teenagers from families that seldom eat dinner together are 72 percent 
        more likely than the average teenager to use illegal drugs, cigarettes, 
        and alcohol;
Whereas teenagers from families that eat dinner together are 31 percent less 
        likely than the average teenager to use illegal drugs, cigarettes, and 
        alcohol;
Whereas the correlation between the frequency of family dinners and the decrease 
        in substance abuse risk is well documented;
Whereas parental influence is known to be one of the most crucial factors in 
        determining the likelihood of teenage substance abuse; and
Whereas family dinners have long constituted a substantial pillar of American 
        family life: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes that eating dinner as a family is a critical 
        step toward raising healthy, drug-free children; and
            (2) designates Monday, June 19, 2000, as National Eat-
        Dinner-With-Your-Children Day.
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