I saw firsthand in my work, not only in the Green River case, but on patrol when I first started in the early '70s, the tragedy that occurs when young boys and young girls run away from home, leave their dysfunctional homes and end up on the street.
Reichert reflects on his experience as a sheriff regarding youth homelessness and trafficking.
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I share the Administration's goal of addressing unfair trade and ensuring American workers and businesses can compete on a level playing field.
And most of the young people who are out there on the streets involved in sort of this lifestyle have been victimized at home, sexually abused, mentally, emotionally, physically, and are driven to the streets and they are abused…
We need to go back to the basics, I think, and what can we do, especially in the foster care world too.
The passage of the Family First law gives us an awesome opportunity to bend this curve, and we can do that.
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