[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7615]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           FOSTER YOUTH MONTH

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  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, and I was able 
to see firsthand the difference that this made. And some of them are 
still in touch with my family today.
  To all those people across the country who are taking in a foster 
child today, I say thank you. I know you are making a positive 
difference in that child's life, and I encourage others to consider 
doing the same.
  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. And I encourage all of my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing May as Foster Youth Month.

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