lamarr alexander, cory booker. durbin.nt to thank dick i had to twist his arm a little bit on some of it, but he ended up coming around and he is an amazing fighter for the right kinds of public schools that serve the children first. the bureaucracy and administration second. i respect teachers and administrators, but our schools should work for the children and the families that so desperately want them to have a great education. the third issue a want to speak about, which is a legacy issue, is adoption. i hope i can get through this without tearing up because i do not know why i have this passion for this issue. my mother had nine children. without one single problem. child, my a young aunt adopted two children and i think it might have been that. i cannot remember exactly. i just think about all of the children in the world that did not have parents. when i was just so proud filled out those forms in catholic school, i remember filling them out, are your parents divorced or married? i loved checking married. ho