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	DeLay’s Child Placement Legislation Passes House Bill Holds States Accountable for Safety of Foster Children WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today said the legislation he authored, called the Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2004, will ensure the safety of foster children who must travel out of state to find permanent, loving homes. The House of Representatives passed DeLay’s legislation today, and it is now awaiting Senate action. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DeLay: Placing the Interests of Children First Hearing Held Today on DeLay’s Foster Care Legislation WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today joined the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources for their hearing to examine child welfare reform proposals, including a bill sponsored by DeLay that expedites the procedures states use to place a foster child in another state for the purpose of finding a permanent, loving family. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DeLay Introduces Child Placement Legislation Will Improve Protection of Children Across State Lines June 4, 2004 WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today introduced the Orderly and Timely Interstate Placement of Children Act of 2004, a bipartisan bill with 10 original cosponsors, which will improve the safety of children who cross state lines to find permanent homes. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DeLay: Protect Children, Not Bureaucrats Testifies Before House Committee on Plight of Abused Children May 20, 2004 WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today testified before the House Government Reform Committee on the plight of abused and neglected children as the committee addressed “Redundancy and Duplication in Federal Child Welfare Programs: A Case Study on the Need for Executive Reorganization Authority.” “The fragmentation of federal child protection services and funding in the United States today is an embarrassment,” DeLay said. “The federal solutions to the problem of abused and neglected children are not working. While we send out press releases touting this new program or that new grant, kids are still hurting.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE Solutions to sin of a broken foster care system Read Congressman DeLay's recent editorial about the broken foster care system April 21, 2004 Two things can be said about the report issued recently by Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, "Forgotton Children," about the state's child welfare system. First, the picture painted by this report — a stark image of abuse, neglect, malnutrition and instability — may well be the bleakest ever painted of our foster care system. Second, it might also be the most accurate. The findings of the Strayhorn report (which can be found at www.window.state.tx.us/forgottenchildren/) are shocking, to be sure, but to those of us who have worked at the local, state and federal level to improve the services available to abused and neglected children, they were not surprising. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DeLay: Kids are Dying, and It’s the Grown-Ups’ Fault Joins Surgeon General, HHS, to Unveil Child Abuse Statistics April 1, 2004 WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today joined Surgeon General Richard Carmona and the assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Wade Horn, to unveil the latest sobering statistics on child abuse and neglect and outline actions the federal government is taking to prevent these abuses from occurring. “Children in this country are abused, mistreated, and even killed because of the government’s comprehensive, bipartisan failure,” DeLay said. “Kids are dying, and it’s the grown-ups’ fault.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE CLICK HERE TO READ DELAY'S REMARKS AT THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION EVENT DeLay: ‘Help is On the Way’ for Abused, Neglected Children Announces Legislative Push for Better Interstate Child Placement March 29, 2004 WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today announced his intentions to introduce legislation that will help abused and neglected children find permanent homes beyond state lines. “Most people in public life see the issue of abused and neglected children as a terrible problem – just someone else’s,” DeLay said. “Current child welfare services meet too few of the needs of too few of America’s abused and neglected children. Without our help, they will never recover the years that are stolen from them, first by abusive parents and second by an unresponsive government.” CLICK HERE TO READ DELAY'S REMARKS TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION CLICK HERE FOR MORE Rep. DeLay Promotes Foster Kids Monitoring Systems November 21, 2003 Too many foster children have trouble finding homes or are subjected to abuse. One congressman — and his wife — want changes. Too often, foster children are abused and forgotten. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, wants to change that. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DeLay: Protecting America’s Vulnerable Children Improved Monitoring of Foster Children Will Strengthen the System November 19, 2003 WASHINGTON – In his testimony today before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R- Texas) encouraged Congress to remain vigilant in penalizing states that do not report timely and accurate foster care data. CLICK HERE FOR MORE Read Congressman DeLay's Testimony before the Human Resources Subcommittee; “Improved Monitoring of Vulnerable Children” November 19, 2003 It's a privilege to come before you today and discuss “Improved Monitoring of Vulnerable Children.” In the wake of recent revelations about starving and abused children in New Jersey, the nation's attention has once again focused on our child protection system. CLICK HERE FOR MORE Learn more about DeLay's dedication to helping kids
	DeLay's Commitment to Kids
	REMARKS Message to Celebrants of National Adoption Day, 2003 Read DeLay's remarks on the Adoption Promotion Act Read DeLay's remarks to the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges RELEASES DeLay: Adoption Promotion Act Will Foster Hope DeLay: Keeping Children Safe Is Our Duty Caring for Children Nationwide: Guest Forum, Tom DeLay
	Resources
	Congressman DeLay's Children's Issues Press Kit National Center for Missing and Exploited Children National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information Texas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) National District Attorneys Association
	"It is within our power to make a difference in our children's lives. We must do so, and do so now." --Tom DeLay