[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7275]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH

  (Mrs. BACHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, it is with great joy that I have 
shadowing me today a girl named Desirae, and she is with me as a foster 
child. It was one of the greatest honors of my life to serve as a 
foster mother to 23 great kids. May is Foster Care Month. There are 
400,000 children in the United States who need a foster parent. We need 
more foster parents.
  She and I have been talking about the news of the day so far. We 
talked about the tragedy in Oklahoma and how our former colleague, now-
Governor Mary Fallin, is working so beautifully, together with the 
staff in Oklahoma, to meet the needs of the tragedy that is occurring. 
We talked about gas prices being $4.30 a gallon and how building the 
Keystone pipeline will provide new jobs.
  Foster children need love. They need stability. They need to be a 
part of the fabric of this Nation. Let's make them a priority in this 
country.

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