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January 14, 2010 Volume 6, Number 2 | ||
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In This
Issue .
Helping Women
and Children .
Is It Drug
Money? .
A Little Bit
of Humor. E-Mail
cynthia.davis@house.mo.gov Find me
on
Committees Special
Committee on Children and Families Chair Chair Special Committee on State
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Helping
Women and Children A few weeks ago, I toured
Our Lady's Inn, a beautiful maternity home in Defiance,
I am
flanked by Our Lady's
This
home which was opened four years ago serves the
Its
large dining area is designed with a family atmosphere. You can just
imagine the active table conversations! Our Lady's
Is It
Drug Money? Last
year our Children and Families Committee passed a bill that stopped state
cash-subsidies to welfare recipients who tested positive for illegal-drug
use. Unfortunately, the Senate was not able to pass it, so this year
I again am a co-sponsor of the bill. Legislators need to look at how
taxpayers' hard earned money is spent in a way that gets funneled back to
drug dealers. During a
2009 committee hearing, Dr. Kevin Blanton, pediatrician from the Ferguson
Medical Group, gave estimates of between 25 and 33% of all babies birthed
at the The cash
payments are supposed to go toward paying for their rent and utilities,
yet it is obvious that they are spending it on other things.
Doubtless the drug dealers are getting their monetary satisfaction for
their efforts. For any
of you who have family members who are in recovery from drugs and / or
alcohol, you understand the term "co-dependent". That is what the
government is when it continues to send money to those who spend it on
illegal drugs. Yet, this drug usage may be part of what is
preventing these people from getting jobs and thereby being able to
support themselves and their families. The
House Republican Caucus is making this House Bill
1377
a top priority this
year. Your thoughts are important to me, so please let me know if you think the state should stop the cash welfare payments to those who are found using illegal drugs. You can send me your opinion by clicking here: Cynthia Davis A Little
Bit of Humor . . .
Supermarket
Hysteria
In the
supermarket was a man pushing a cart that contained a screaming, bellowing
baby. The
gentleman kept repeating softly, "Don't get excited, Albert; don't scream,
Albert; don't yell, Albert; keep calm,
Albert." A woman
standing next to him said, "You certainly are to be commended for trying
to soothe your son Albert." The man
looked at her and said, "Lady, I'm Albert."
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