[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 14, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H328]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              NATIONAL CENTER FOR SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH ACT

  (Mr. RODRIGUEZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. RODRIGUEZ. Madam Speaker, today the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. 
Hutchinson) and I will reintroduce the National Center for Social Work 
Research Act which would establish a center within the National 
Institutes of Health. As a former social worker, I believe that this 
center would be a tremendous resource not only to Congress and 
policymakers but also to service providers throughout this country. 
Social workers are in a unique position to offer insight and 
recommendations on how to address both individual and community 
societal problems. They are on the front line working with individuals 
on a day-to-day basis on issues ranging from access to health care, 
mental health, child abuse, and family reconciliation.
  The establishment of the National Center for Social Work Research 
would provide us with interdisciplinary, family-centered, and 
community-based social work research that is needed and designed to 
help us not only in terms of policy but also in terms of service for 
our service providers. I ask my colleagues to support this effort, the 
National Center for Social Work Research.

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