Video evidence - Reform specific parts
Vicki Turetsky
Former Commissioner, federal Office of Child Support Enforcement; hearing witness
Video: Joint Subcommittee Hearing: Strengthening the Child Support Enforcement Program for States & Tribes
Joint hearing of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare and Subcommittee on Oversight, "Strengthening the Child Support Enforcement Program for States and Tribes", 2023-11-29
Vicki Turetsky
Joint hearing of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare and Subcommittee on Oversight, "Strengthening the Child Support Enforcement Program for States and Tribes" - 2023-11-29
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What is said at 52:31
"But the labor market and families have changed since Congress put together the child support program 50 years ago. The main reason for non-payment of child support is the non-custodial parent's ability to pay the full amount ordered, as Representative Davis said. About 25 percent of non-custodial parents are themselves living in poverty and barely scraping by. Some longstanding child support practices have created additional barriers to work and parenting and have caused real harm to children."
Excerpt source: official hearing record (govinfo.gov), printed page 6. Checked 2026-10-13.
What they argue
Credits child support with improving child outcomes but says older enforcement practices that ignore ability to pay have harmed children, and backs family-centered practices and debt reduction.
Position label: Reform specific parts. It describes this clip only, and "abolish" is used only when the speaker says it.
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