Political Quotes

“He signed the law anyway. Senator Landrieu and I are going to have a resolution that she is going to talk about, asking not only that this position be reversed but that immediately we do whatever is necessary to unite these families who have already bonded with children who are in orphanages in Russia. I talked to a number of parents just yesterday. Bob and Sandy Davis of St. Louis have been very involved in the efforts for adoptive children from Russia and the Ukraine. I talked to a young man this morning, Sergei Quincy, from Branson, who is 22, who was adopted by the Quincys in Branson when he was 14. At 14, he came to the United States, didn't speak any English, started the ninth grade, learned English, and at 22 he is now happily married with a couple of young children. He told me the moment of his adoption was the moment that made his dreams possible. He had a bad family situation, institutionalized with his brother and his sister in three different orphanages, and his brother was adopted by the same family who didn't know about his sister. I talked to Senator John Lamping of Missouri, who adopted a son who is now 14 who had never gone to school. He was adopted at 8 or 9 years old, and he had never been to school anywhere.…”