[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15600]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                          ROBIN TRIPOD PATTEN

 Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I wish to honor Robin Tripod 
Patten as a 2015 Angel in Adoption award recipient for her outstanding 
advocacy of adoption issues. Robin serves as Director of Social 
Services at Arkansas Methodist Medial Center, AMMC, in Paragould, AR. 
One of her many responsibilities in this position includes coordinating 
adoptions.
  Being a bereaved parent herself, Robin offers a unique perspective to 
the adoption process because she understands the pain of giving birth 
and leaving the hospital without a baby. She provides emotional support 
to both the birth mother and the adoptive parents and assists new and 
prospective parents in navigating complicated legal matters when 
contemplating adoption.
  Robin is a Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW, and dedicates her 
life to children. She is a mandated child abuse reporter who directs 
care of infants whose birth mothers had illegal substances in her 
system during pregnancy. For 11 years, she has served on the Greene 
County multidisciplinary child abuse task force working to ensure no 
child is overlooked or forgotten.
  I am proud of Robin for her dedication to adoption services and for 
investing in the lives of families in northeast Arkansas and am glad to 
recognize Robin as an Angel in Adoption for her efforts to connect 
children to permanent families. I commend her for her service and ask 
my colleagues to join me in honoring her and the many other advocates 
who continue to selflessly work to ensure that all children grow up in 
safe, healthy, and loving homes.

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