Mary Landrieu actually said...

"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."

"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 ..."

"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."