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Judy Chu: “Last night I went to the congressional foster care dinner that Karen Bass is the head of and heard very wonderful…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2018
Last night I went to the congressional foster care dinner that Karen Bass is the head of and heard very wonderful testimony from foster care children or former foster care children, who said how much Family First would change their lives and finally provide the resources available to keep families together versus letting more kids enter the foster care system.
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Judy Chu
Democratic · California

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Chu highlights the positive impact of the Family First Act on foster care children.

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