Synopsis America's Families by : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
The text of a hearing on American families is presented in this document. Comments by Representatives Patricia Schroeder, Bob McEwen, Michael Bilirakis, Frank Wolf, and Jim Bacchus, as well as Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, are presented. Testimony and/or prepared statements and materials are included from these persons: (1) Gary L. Bauer, president, Family Research Council, Washington, D.C.; (2) David Blankenhorn, president, Institute for American Values, New York, New York; (3) Vincent Breglio, president, RSM, Inc., Lanham, Maryland; (4) Greg Duncan, program director, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; (5) Donald Hernandez, chief, Marriage and Families Statistics Branch, Population Division, Bureau 20 of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.; (6) Celinda Lake, vice president, Greenberg-Lake, Washington, D.C.; (7) Thomas Plewes, Associate Commissioner for Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor; (8) Robert Rector, policy analyst for Family and Welfare Issues, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; (9) Judith Weitz, KIDS COUNT Coordinator, the Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, D.C.; (10) Jason Zimbler, Nickelodeon Show "Clarissa Explains It All," New York, New York; (11) William Archer III, M.D.; and (12) Frances McNaught of the U.S. Department of Labor. (ABL)