WASHINGTON, May 19 -- 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 during debate in the U.S. House of Representatives on the Fostering the Future Act (H.R. 7432):
As prepared for delivery.
"I rise in strong support of H.R. 7432, the Fostering the Future Act, bipartisan legislation led by my Ways and Means colleagues, Work and Welfare Subcommittee Chairman Darin LaHood and Congresswoman Gwen Moore.
"This is a historic moment for our Committee and for this House. What we have before us is the first comprehensive modernization of the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adul...