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On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
I believe that our Federal Adoption Incentives program, which provides financial awards to the States that increase the number of children adopted out of foster care above a certain baseline, is an important part of the effort, the joint bipartisan effort, to try to encourage permanent loving homes for children who are placed in foster care.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett emphasizes the importance of the Adoption Incentives program for fostering adoptions.

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