[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12248]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING DEE SARTON

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, as you know, the month of May is Foster 
Care Month, when we take special note of the young people served by our 
Nation's foster care system, and the dedicated volunteers and 
professionals who work with and for them.
  Today, I rise to pay tribute to a fellow Idahoan who is making a 
tremendously positive difference in the lives of foster children in our 
State.
  Dee Sarton is a reporter at KTVB News Channel 7. Since November 1998, 
she has used her talent and experience to produce segments promoting 
the adoption of children out of the foster care system. On Wednesday 
nights, just before signing off the early evening news, she introduces 
sibling groups or older youth who are waiting for adoptive homes, and 
her compelling, sensitive interviews with these young people have 
touched the hearts of families across the Nation. She has introduced 
more than 500 children and has partnered with the Idaho Department of 
Health and Welfare in helping them find stability and love through 
adoption.
  Dee brings energy, intuition, and a sincere concern for the future of 
each child to each production day. Although these young people have 
troubled histories and range from the gregarious to the shy, she 
manages to form an immediate bond with them. Her empathy and patience 
come from an abiding desire to help them achieve the normalcy they have 
described over and over in similar ways: ``I just want to be treated 
like a regular kid.''
  For her outstanding work on behalf of Idaho's youth, I nominated Dee 
Sarton to receive the 2006 ``Angel in Adoption'' award presented by the 
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, and I am very proud to 
share her story with my colleagues today.

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