bf colleagues on the democratic side, sandy levin, lloyd dogget, a whole host of members. leader pelosi, enormous effort. you had the leadership, you had the ways and means committee; they came together and passed the legislation unanimously. and the reason they did, mr. president, is 500 organizations, groups representing children and pediatricians and the catholic bishops, the children's defense fund all came together, and they said that the current policy today with respect to vulnerable children just defies common sense. in effect, you can't get help to the families when it really is most critical, when a family member, a parent, say, for example, is dealing with drug abuse or mental health or a challenge where if they were able to get a modest amount assistance, the family could come together again, be healthy. the youngster would be able to stay in the home. and very often in these kinds of instances a grandparent or an uncle, if we made some modest changes in federal policy, could step in as well, something i feel very strongly about having written the kinship care