Political Quotes

“OK, good. I wanted to get that on the record because I know he wanted to come to North Dakota, which is everyone's dream, and so Senator Blunt asked for some advice from me to go to the great State of North Dakota. Your child whom you adopted is Russian, and we have so many issues with some of these countries, from Russia to the Congo. I know families in Minnesota who have adopted children from Russia, and they were just ready to adopt the sibling. They met the brother or sister--and of course the kids know the brother or sister--and then the curtain was brought down, and those kids were literally pawns in a political game when Russia stopped all adoptions. Senator Blunt is hosting a meeting with the people involved in adoptions in the Congo. We have had a similar situation where the visas were pulled and the parents who visited these kids and are ready to adopt these kids haven't been able to do that. I wondered if Senator Blunt could comment on the situation with these countries and what the Senator thinks we can do.”