It is not pocket change. And if that money followed the child and the best decisions of the professionals...

But when you order them to do it, they say they do not have the resources to do it, or no?

Well, I am going to push it even further for a certain age for the children to go to the school that they would like to go to and give them a lot more power to--if even the system is dysfunctional, a lot of these children can make very…

In the law--and this is mentioned in the testimony--if a child is 14 or older, they have to give their consent for adoption.

Yes, the whole city had great therapy that weekend that the Saints won...

I know this is difficult, but many of the foster care children that I have gotten to know complain bitterly that every time they look up, there is a new person trying to help their situation.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for your thoughtful opening statement on this subject...

Well, we are going to work harder to fix this because there are thousands of children, maybe not as articulate and as smart as you, but there are thousands of children that are in this same situation.

We are not anywhere where we need to be, but there are new Federal laws that are incentivizing that kind of mentorship.

It is a real barrier, and everyone listening should know.

We have to do a much better job of trying to help the children that are in the system to stay at least in their school.

But the key is this: Every child coming to that program has to sign and the program has to meet an adult that is a responsible friend or advocate for that child.

I went on the Website this morning, and I have to say, unfortunately, I was disappointed in what I saw.

Do you know what the average casework ratio is?

I do not want to dwell too much on this, but when I said does the District know how it ranks according to other States...

I am working closely with Senator Grassley on this--to have basically the funding track the child...

Falling in love with you could really (EXPLETIVE DELETED) up my plans for becoming president.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I rise in support of the resolution to impeach U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous, who is a judge representing the Eastern District of Louisiana. I want to thank Representatives Schiff of…