Darin LaHood actually said...

"That legislation transformed Congress' approach to child welfare by moving away from the historic practice of providing funding solely after a child entered foster care."

"This hearing begins our important work this Congress on evaluating challenges faced by Americans' most vulnerable children within our Nation's child welfare system."

"Make no mistake, our country is facing a foster care crisis."

"As chairman of the Work and Welfare Subcommittee, I have tremendous respect for the longstanding bipartisan work that has been done by this subcommittee."