Because no previous welfare-to-work program has required mothers of infants to seek work, there is little good research on children that age.

Another bill passed by the committee would require teen-age mothers to live with a parent or guardian to qualify for welfare benefits.

The Federal legislation requiring mothers under 18 to be in school or lose benefits was left to the states to enforce.

The proposal would also require mothers who receive welfare assistance and have children 3 years old or older to participate in a work program.

"And President Clinton is requiring teen mothers on welfare to stay in school or lose benefits."

To require single mothers to work 40 hours a week is unreasonable unless you provide more child care.

The measure would place a two-year limit on welfare benefits and then require indigent mothers to join a community service program.

Requiring single mothers to work as a condition of receiving cash assistance did not hurt their children, as many people had feared, the study said.

He would require poor mothers to sign "individual responsibility plans."

We should promote responsibility by requiring young mothers to live at home with their parents or in appropriate, supervised settings and to finish school.