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HCONRES 191 107th Congress House Commemorations Agriculture and Food Alcohol and youth Cigarettes Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drugs and youth Families Parent and child Smoking and youth Special days

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the importance of parents and children eating dinner together as a family.

Introduced: July 23, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
Dec 3, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Jul 23, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 23, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) eating dinner together is an important step toward preventing drug, alcohol, and cigarette use by children; and (2) a National Family Day, A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children, should be established to encourage parents and children families to eat together regularly as a family.
What's happening now December 3, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 10, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 191: Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the importance of parents and children eating dinner together as a family.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-191/
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"H. Con. Res. 191: Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the importance of parents and children eating dinner together as a family.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-191/.
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H. Con. Res. 191, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-191/.
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