I have been in the field for a decade, and I just went through this program, and it is a night-and-day difference of how qualified I am now to do this work.
I wanted to thank all of you for being here today. We had, I think, a really good discussion.
I am proud that the National Child Protection Training Center is in Winona, Minnesota, a beautiful town, not too far fro...
I want to also thank our staff who have worked on this, Craig Kalkut and Sammy Clark, as well as Maria Laverdiere.
Senator Sessions, who could not be here today, but is my Ranking Member, and Senator Grassley, as well.
Thank you very much, Senator Grassley.
Sometimes people are very bureaucratic in their testimony, and this was very personal, which I truly appreciated.
Training these people to work together, training them in best practices ultimately saves us money.
Thank you very much for your work you have done with kids for so many years.
I read one study that showed that two-thirds of public defenders and one-third of prosecutors admitted questioning child...
I will tell you my own experience, luckily, not a violent case.