[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7389]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize May as National Foster 
Care Month.
  Today I would like to applaud the thousands of families who open 
their homes to foster children. It takes a special kind of caregiver to 
foster a child, someone who can drop everything on a moment's notice 
and, without hesitation, bring a child into their home.
  In Pennsylvania alone, there are 15,000 children in foster care. That 
means we have thousands of amazing families with hearts big enough to 
provide love and care for children who need a place to call home.
  Mr. Speaker, foster children become an irreplaceable part of the 
family. Indeed, the most telling statistic is that in Pennsylvania 65 
percent of families end up adopting their foster children. We need 
families willing to open their hearts and homes unconditionally to 
children who have been abused and removed from their homes. This is 
what so many dedicated foster families are able to provide.
  Mr. Speaker, during National Foster Care Month, I would like to 
celebrate the resiliency of foster children who overcome great 
obstacles at such a young age and recognize the dedicated foster 
families who support them.

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