"We respectfully request that the procedures used to implement the legislation not be duplicative, costly nor a source of frustration to possible foster parents or caregivers."
"I pledge to you that I will do everything that I can to assist in this effort to bring a broader justice."
"How do we get to a C, then a B and then an A?"
"We certainly support Senator Hoeven's intentions in introducing this bill."
"This is on us. This is on all of us because we are the adults."
"Yes, it is important that we have accountability but it also is important that this money gets spent where the Congress intended and where the American people intended it to be spent and not on compli..."
"We thank you for your bipartisan leadership with Senator Murkowski to try to move this forward and get some bright minds looking at this to find solutions."
"I am out of time but I want to make the point that no one should be so discouraged that we are looking at safety in foster homes."
"No one needs to be a second class citizen. Everyone has a right to be safe in their homes."
"I think that would be, just in terms of looking at heightening awareness within the first responder communities and within the emergency services and States and those people who are responsible for re..."
"But right now your challenge is, isn't it, to imagine if it were in town, what would you do?"