In Praise of Public Life: on Families & Children


Outraged at paternal irresponsibility-enforce child support

[As Attorney General, one duty was] to collect child-support debts from delinquent fathers of children who were receiving state assistance. I became outraged at the paternal irresponsibility. I took my case to the legislature, which gave my office stronger collection laws. Then I beefed up my child-support division. The result was that we collected a lot more support money for the moms and kids of the state.
Source: Excerpt from “In Praise of Public Life”, p. 71-2 May 2, 2000

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