Political Quotes

“Roughly 2 million children experience maltreatment each year in the United States. Children who experience maltreatment face the possibility of a lifetime struggle with mental, emotional, behavioral, and physical health difficulties. Thankfully, the National Institutes of Health recognizes the need for critical research on the topic and solicited a competitive process to fund an academic institution to study this for the first time ever. Proudly, it chose Penn State University. Penn State was selected based on scientific merit to establish the Center for Healthy Children. It will receive a grant of $7.7 million over 5 years, and Penn State has committed $3.4 million in funding, bringing the total to more than $11 million. Mr. Speaker, this is the first national center for child maltreatment studies. The award announcement came in April during National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The research generated will impact lives nationwide and throughout the world. Penn State president, Eric Barron, noted that they recruited the best and the brightest researchers to work on this issue. The faculty will conduct cutting-edge research focused on the detection, treatment, and prevention of child abuse, and for training the next generation of scientists and child advocates.…”