stabenow: thank you very much. it is wonderful to be here with all my colleagues got it -- are working on a very simple premise. we really look at every single issue. it is about whether or not it is going to create opportunity for everybody, or is this just another deal to rid the system -- rake the system for the wealthy and the well-connected -- rig the system for the wealthy and well-connected? it is all about making sure they are running to the most extreme, extreme parts of their caucus and republican party, and for making sure that those who are already doing extremely well in the economy get another chance because they are doing something else to rig the system for them. and that is really the bottom line. the only exception to that has been a few times to have worked with us on a bipartisan basis to basically clean up the filibusters that they did in the last six years. i call it filibuster clean up when they did things -- none of them would even vote to proceed on. we appreciate that they are willing to c

it is senator baldwin, senator stabenow and myself. it is called the family-based foster care services act and one of the things we're trying to do here is to create a standard, a national standard for what is therapeutic foster case because our sense is that, you know, each state does it a little differently. and my question to you is, how can a uniform definition of their puttic foster care services promote their quality of care and also more accountability in the training of staff and foster care parents? does that make sense? since i'm getting quickened of my time, if you could maybe, mr. nyby and miss williamson, since you haven't responded yet, or miss killlet, give us a response quickly but if you don't mind sending me written response and look at legislation, i'm sure most of you have already, tell us what you think about the idea of coming up with a uniform definition? >> so i don't have a uniform definition but i would like to say i would like to follow up with a written response because i think it is worth to do a lot of tho

senator stabenow? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, ranking member and senator wyden for your offers on kinship care. that's my pleasure to be co-chairing the foster youth caucus with senator grassley and to work with everybody on the committee. and thank you to each of you for being here. it takes a lot of courage to tell your story, and i'm very appreciative. i actually worked on these issues a long time. i was thinking about, it makes me feel old. i was back in the michigan legislature. and in the '80s authored foster care reform that was dubbed the stabenow bill that was put into law to move the system more quickly. and i'm incredibly frustrated that we're still talking about these issues because we have two sets of things. one is what happen ed, and the system failed you. and i'm sorry that that happened to both you and ms. burton, the system just plain failed you. and we have a situation where people get caught up in the system and then can't bring their children home or kids can't go home. there's not the support for t

this is jonathan weissman saying that senator debbie stabenow of michigan on monday showed her shows that the story democratic leaders worry that senator's mitch mcconnell's majority leader could allow resolution disapproval such as making it contingent on iran recognizing the state of israel. you can imagine how difficult these things would be said the number two democrat charged with rounding up votes for the deal. four presidential candidates trying to break into the top 10 and the possibilities are endless. he goes on to say that joe donnelly had to try to be on anyone's list if you're trying to get to 67 and the aim now for democrats is not just to sustain a veto but the block publicans from even passing a motion. to do that they need to be unified and so far the only senate democrats to reject it are charles schumer of new york, robert menendez of new jersey. among the undecided senators that they are closely watching from you mentioned mr. koontz and mr. durbin. it spoken with mr. obama and the president biden saying administration both serve military efforts to defend israel

congress and the math indicates that harry reid, there was one other democratic senator, debbie stabenow in support of that. that means 28 democrats are in support. the white house is just six democrats away from being able to prevent a veto override there. but as you also mentioned, president obama heads to nevada to discuss climate change. it will be a big time conversation with the pope when he visits washington, d.c. and addresses congress next month. then one thing you didn't even mention, trade is still a big issue. president obama ended up getting that trade authority, but still, the details of that trade deal are still being hammered out with the asian nations, and certainly the white house wants to get that done as soon as possible. >> you mentioned climate, and the president's remarks we're expecting from las vegas, interesting remarks from presidential candidate, republican candidate carly fiorina on "meet the press" yesterday, chuck todd asking her about the drought in her home state and what she sees as the problem there. let's play what she had to say. >> in your home state

. >> senator stabenow, i can't say that i can speak directly to therapeutic foster care, but this is what i can speak to. but i can speak to is that if my son received actually in how intensive therapy, which i guess you could call it therapeutic, he would not have went into foster care so that the intensive care key that would have been needed. so it's their cubic in foster homes he would say that foster homes need to be thoroughly trained about the youth or the young person they are going to be receiving in their household. so they need to know what has been going on with the youth and where this comes from. it is moving from a place moving them to another home is a dramatic impact. and it wouldn't have any other type of issues to know what's going on at home sometimes with the parent and sometimes not. but when they come into the system they developed these behavioral issues, so i would have to go back and say - and i plead with you and go back and say this but for my household, that was a stable household. we were secured. the factors were in place. we knew, i knew what was neces

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