[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 81 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H4841-H4842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HAPPY FATHER'S DAY FROM THE FATHERHOOD PROMOTION TASK FORCE

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, as the cochair of the Task Force on 
Fatherhood Promotion, I rise today to discuss the importance of a 
faithful father.
  With Father's Day this Sunday, it is vital that we pause to thank the 
men across this country who have given time to their children, love 
them, discipline them and show their commitment to keeping a family 
together.
  When more than 50 percent of all adults agree that fathers today 
spend less time with their children than their own fathers did with 
them, this should cause us to pause. We must consider the reality that 
only if we spend time with our kids now will they desire time with us 
later.
  As Father's Day comes and goes again, we should resolve that the most 
important relationship we will ever cultivate will not be here in the 
halls of Congress, or over dinner downtown, or at a campaign fund-
raiser, but will be the ones that develop in our own homes.
  To all those fathers who are working to be good dads:
  Keep up the valuable work that you are doing. Society and, most 
importantly, your own kids will say, ``Thank you.''

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