Originally Posted by Tarheeler

So you need a government-mandated day to do this? Things like this are nothing more than feel-good motions. They do absolutly nothing. It is a waste of federal money and the time of Congress to even consider bills like this.

If you want to honor your mother, then do it. Same with your father, grandparents, teachers, doctors, babysitters. Why do you want the government to declare a specific day for it?