Political Quotes

“Madam President, November is National Adoption Month. Later this morning, I will be spending time with a family I nominated to receive an Angels in Adoption Award this year. The Angels in Adoption Program is designed to bring recognition to individuals and organizations who are, in the words of the program, ``making extraordinary contributions to adoption, permanency, and child welfare.'' Angels in Adoption is a program in the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, and each year Members of Congress are invited to nominate an individual or family to receive an Angels in Adoption Award. I have been making these nominations for more than a decade now. It has been a privilege and an inspiration to meet South Dakota families who have opened their hearts and homes to children in need. This year, I nominated Mike and Kim Adams, fellow residents of Sioux Falls, SD. Mike and Kim have a tremendous heart for children. They have five biological children, but as they learned more about the plight of children in poverty, they were drawn to adoption. God put the country of Ethiopia on their hearts in a particular way. In 2008, they adopted a daughter from Ethiopia--Eva. Within a few years, they had adopted three more children--Selena and Amanuel from Ethiopia and Shakira from Uganda--making them a family of 11. The story doesn't end there.…”