Illinois is a national leader in developing and demonstrating the effectiveness of pioneering child welfare reforms.
bipartisan legislation introduced by the Chairman, Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) and Congressman Todd Platts (R-PA), which will expand supp...
We hope that the next phase of reform will allow states to invest Title IV-E funds into prevention services that can demonstrate their effec...
I want to thank Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy for reestablishing this Subcommittee.
I am going to ask the last question of you.
We believe that this should be extended beyond this to also cover eligibility for children in kinship care and in foster care eligibility in...
We look forward to seeing Congress completing its work in this area by also de-linking kinship and foster care eligibility in the same way.
There is a limited number. I mean, you don't have a watch list that you are looking at...
Well, I was talking about other agencies. Do you have HHS?
I urge you to keep up the good work and let us keep moving forward.
I say let him stew. He already made an incredible -- he embarrassed himself. He embarrassed the Congress of the United States and I think th...
He embarrassed himself. He embarrassed the Congress of the United States, and I think the nation with his outburst.
We're not turning back; we're moving forward.
Now is the time for action.
Nominations sent to the Senate are vital for our governance.
I think, as you began your remarks, Senator Harkin, about tobacco, it's important for us to recognize that there is no one in this room toda...
Democracy, as you know very well, rests on the right to know, on the freely given consent of the governed to be governed.
I have always been a strong believer in the power of the free market. So I promise you, I did not run for president to bail out banks or int...
