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ROBERTS-intro report on new House Committee on Children and Families meeting. 21.01.16-C/S of ten-year old boy who looks like Bobby Brady adjusting microphone to testify to Congressional committee. Has trouble getting the mic down to the right height. His statement says kids are concerned about the news. A ten-year-old girl testifies that kids are concerned about war and "blowing up the world", says countries should agree to get along, the money for arms could go to schools. Children are the future, etc. Another girl asks if the world "has to be like this". Shots of kids entering the committee chamber. C/S GEORGE MILLER (D-CA), says that kids will bring the problems and issues right up to Congress. C/S Rep. DAN MARRIOTT (chair of the committee) says CHILDREN and FAMILIES should be top priority. 21.03.30-M/S group of African-American children, approx. age 10, waiting to testify. Pan over chamber of committee, the floor is literally covered with the little rugrats. A girl with southern accent reads statement (sounds like it was written by her teacher or her mom) about unemployment. Another girl says inflation should be fixed by price controls and companies shouldn't be allowed to raise their prices whenever they feel like it. A girl asks why the government makes more bombs if it says it wants peace. 21.05.06-C/S Rep. J.J. PICKLE (D-TX) in office, says that committee meetings like the one with all the kids are an insult to the committees that do the hard work of legislating, are unnecessary. C/S Rep. MILLER in office, denies that LIBERALS are trying to grandstand on CHILDREN'S ISSUES through the COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, CHILDREN, and FAMILIES. C/S Rep. MARRIOTT, says he learned that he might have to spend more time with his kids. C/S Rep. MILLER, says he could see the fathers on the committee wondering if they were active enough in their kids' lives. Gives a debatable theory of EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT. 21.07.24-DUKE-intro commentary. 21.07.42-Commentary by Otis Pike, discusses the BISHOPS COUNCIL resolution on NUCLEAR ARMS RACE, compares to the House debate on NUCLEAR FREEZE, both groups doing a lot of preaching and using ridiculous parliamentary tactics. 21.09.48-DUKE-signs off. Closing Credits [over groundlevel shot of red TULIPS with Capitol in background, MAGNOLIA blossoms, CHERRY TREES, more flowers in various D.C. settings] /transcript order information/WETA credit/sponsor credits/PBS ID 21.12.48--OUT