[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6943]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           FOSTER YOUTH MONTH

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                         HON. JAMES R. LANGEVIN

                            of rhode island

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 6, 2014

  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Foster Youth 
Month.
  Every child deserves a healthy, safe, and stable home. Yet too many 
continue to go without these basic needs that so many of us take for 
granted. This May, we recognize more than 400,000 American children in 
foster care who are waiting for their forever family.
  The theme of this year's Foster Month is ``Building Blocks Toward 
Permanent Families''--an issue that is near to my heart. My parents 
took in several foster children when I was growing up. I was able to 
see firsthand the difference that this made, and some of them are still 
in touch with my family today.
  Foster children belong to all of us, and we have a moral obligation 
to treat them with the same love and care that we would our own 
children.
  I encourage all my colleagues to join me in recognizing May as Foster 
Youth Month.

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