Policies that aim to help children should support all the types of families in which children really live.  It is wrong to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to pay for marriage programs.  Government is literally taking money away from impoverished families and giving it to programs that tell them their families are not good enough. There is no proof that marriage programs ease the burden of poverty or make low-income children better off.  Marriage should be a personal choice, not a government mandate.  I oppose the reauthorization of the TANF Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives.