Mitch Landrieu: “last night the Senator from Idaho, Mr. Craig, and I were pleased to host, as cochairs of the Congressional Coalition on…”

“last night the Senator from Idaho, Mr. Craig, and I were pleased to host, as cochairs of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption--with two of our colleagues from the House, Congressman Oberstar and Congressman Camp, and with the help of over 70 congressional offices--a celebration of the fifth annual Angels in Adoption Campaign. I wanted to take a few minutes to speak about what a wonderful evening it was. Last night there were angels surrounded by stars on Pennsylvania Avenue as we celebrated and honored 165 individuals from 48 States for their work on behalf of children. Seventy Members of Congress and a total of almost 1,000 individuals were there as we awarded the national awards to Mohammad and Lanni Ali, who appeared in person. He is challenged with his physical abilities right now so we were so pleased to have him. Bruce Willis, who is the national spokesperson for foster care children, as asked by President Bush, was also with us. The Angels in Adoption Campaign is a very powerful way of celebrating the miracle of adoption.”