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On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 378, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 378) expressing the sense of the Senate that children should have a safe, loving, nurturing, and permanent family and that it is the policy of the United States that family reunification, kinship care, or domestic and inter-country adoption promotes permanency and stability to a greater degree than long-term institutionalization and long-term, continually disrupted foster care. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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Feb 15, 2012

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