and as i stated, my colleague prior to me, the honorable gwen moore, has picked up the mantle from one of our great colleagues that has moved on to lead the metropolitan of los angeles, karen bass, who did an outstanding job with this program, the foster shadow youth day on capitol hill, was an outstanding leader in that and ms. moore has picked it up and not lost a beat. so i just want to say that it is an opportunity for us to do the best that we can to make sure that families stay uni unified d have a healthy outlook on life and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. mr. jackson: i thank you, the honorable donald payne jr. from the state of new jersey, for those eloquent words. it is now my privilege, mr. speaker, to yield to the honorable sheila cherfilus-mccormick from the state of florida. mrs. cherfilus-mccormick: in honor of caribbean heritage month, i rise today to recognize dr. judith joseph, who has helped shine a light on mental health issues and inspired countless others to seek support. dr. joseph immigrated from the -- to the u.s. from trinidad at the age of 4. after grow

speaker, yield to the honorable gwen moore from the great state of wisconsin. ms. moore: thank you so very, very much, representative jackson. i'm so happy to be joining you, representative jackson, and representative sheilaer have flus mccormick, for this congressional black caucus special hour. and indeed it is a special honor to talk about our children and what they need. i am so proud to be a member of the congressional black caucus, but not only am i member of the steamed body that is concerned about foster youth, but i'm also a member of the bipartisan congressional caucus on foster youth. and i serve on that -- in that caucus as one of the six bipartisan chairs. i want to thank the c.b.c. and its members who supported the congressional caucus' foster youths shadow day this past june 14, last week. i want to thank all of the members of the house who took the time to allow a former foster youth to join them in their day's activities as well as to hear from and learn from their shadows. if you didn't have a foster youth this year, be sure that gwen moore will b