WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following statement at a committee markup of six bipartisan bills modernizing the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood ("Chafee").
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Today the Ways and Means Committee will consider six bipartisan bills to modernize the Chafee program and provide the most significant reforms since its creation in 1999. During my time as Chairman, I have made it a point to make sure federal programs in our jurisdiction are authorized and work for the people they are intended to serve.
The Chafee programhelps...