[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 27, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 27, 1994]
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                    MOM LOSES CUSTODY OVER DAY CARE

  (Mr. FLAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Speaker, this morning as I read the cover of USA 
Today, the cover story says ``Mom Loses Custody Over Day Care.'' It 
seems to me that this sends all of the wrong messages to responsible 
young women who assume primary responsibility for their child. This 
young lady, a student at the university of Michigan, allows her 
daughter to live with her in the dormitory while she pursues her 
college education. It seems to me that even as we debate welfare reform 
here on the floor of the House, as we talk about trying to get more 
young people to assume that kind of responsibility, as we talk about 
moving them from welfare rolls so that they can pursue not only 
education but job training programs, that the message that is sent by 
this particular decision is one that has dire consequences. It is my 
hope that the judge will take another look, perhaps reverse the 
decision, because I think it means much to working mothers to know that 
they can place their child in good day care while at the same time 
pursuing their education and other training pursuits.

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