I have worked for decades to ensure that every child gets to grow up in a safe and loving family.
Group homes are expensive. Some research indicates that they are up to 10 times more expensive than family-based homes.
Children should not be forced to grow up in an institution. It cannot be said enough that children fare better when with family.
the only way to truly help our children is to allow States and localities to have flexibility to spend Federal foster care money on what wor...
Foster youth want the same thing as other children. They want a mom and a dad, and they want a place to call home.
If you were presented with information that indicated that there was a funder or funders who had hired protesters... would that be worthy of...
Was Baltimore a time there should have been more of a warrior mentality when they were facing rock-throwing mobs?
Is it then lawful or unlawful for one to pay protesters and encourage them to become violent?
I think that if there is evidence that someone was being paid to engage in violent protests and engage in violence, then that is a serious p...
But the real driver is health care.
It is important to thank the chairman and the ranking member for holding this hearing and thank the witnesses for the very important testimo...
The presumption of this hearing is that Congress should consider policies to improve chronic care coordination.
I thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, because that is quite an accommodation. I appreciate it.
I do believe in the value of chronic care coordination, but I think it must be considered as part of a continuum of care.
Clarence Gideon himself, when retried with a lawyer representing him, was acquitted.
The Sixth Amendment provides criminal defendants with assistance of counsel.
It has been clear that it is necessary to give low income people accused of crime the right to a lawyer.
For more than 50 years following the Gideon decision, it has been clear that it is necessary to give low income people accused of crime the ...
