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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— Extensions of Remarks E1722 HON E1722 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 23, 2010 INTRODUCING THE FOSTER resource to best meet the current and future The proliferation of criminal gangs like the CHILDREN SELF SUPPORT ACT needs of that child. The plan must be specific one responsible for this atrocious crime high- to each child receiving Social Security benefits lights the extreme insecurity faced by mi- HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK and made in partnership with the child and the grants. OF CALIFORNIA child’s advocate. If this bill were law, states This act only reiterates the importance of would no longer be allowed to simply use chil- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES comprehensive immigration legislation on both dren’s Social Security money as they see fit. sides of the border to place safety above all Thursday, September 23, 2010 Instead, this money would have to be used as other concerns. any parent would use it: to provide for the Mr. STARK. Madam Speaker, I rise today to I ask for my colleagues’ support of this reso- child’s particular needs and help plan for the introduce the ‘‘Foster Children Self Support lution which calls on the governments of the child’s future. Act.’’ This bill will correct a long-standing injus- United States, Mexico, and nations throughout tice that has deprived thousands of foster The bill will: Require that states screen all foster children Latin America to commit to greater collabora- youth of Social Security benefits and will pro- tion on the management and reform of migra- vide some of our most vulnerable children with for Social Security eligibility and assist them in application; tion policies within and between countries, to a chance to succeed. I am proud to introduce reduce the loss of life and establish safe, this bill in partnership with Congressman Require states to identify other appropriate representative payees for eligible children, legal, and orderly migration that respects and LANGEVIN, who is a tireless advocate for chil- protects human rights; and work together to dren and individuals with disabilities. such as family members, before becoming the payee themselves; address the factors driving high rates of irreg- In nearly every state in the country, foster ular migration that increasingly exposes mi- children eligible for Social Security benefits Require states to develop a plan, with a child and that child’s advocate(s), on how to grants to exploitive and life-threatening condi- because of a disability or the loss of a parent tions. are having those benefits taken by the very best use the Social Security benefits to pro- state agencies charged with their care. The vide for the current and future needs of the ‘‘Foster Children Self Support Act’’ would end child; f that practice. Instead, it would require states Provide for the conservation of Social Secu- rity funds in dedicated accounts that a child HONORING WARREN EDWARD to use a child’s Social Security benefits to DIFFENDALL meet the immediate needs of that child or set can access when they leave care to pay for aside those benefits to assist the child with things like housing, education, transportation, transitioning to adulthood when that child and other life expenses; HON. JOE COURTNEY Exclude the conserved funds from the emancipates from care. OF CONNECTICUT The Congressional Research Service (CRS) $2,000 SSI resource limit to ensure that youth IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES estimates that approximately 30,000 foster can accumulate a substantial amount of as- children (out of 500,000 nationwide) receive sets without losing their eligibility for future Thursday, September 23, 2010 benefits; either Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Ensure that youth are provided assistance Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I rise OASDI (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability In- to maintain eligibility for benefits after they today to honor a great American. Warren Ed- surance) benefits each month. Unfortunately, transition out of care; ward Diffendall of Deep River, Connecticut hardly any of these children will benefit from Require the GAO to report back to Con- passed away earlier this year and will be in- these funds. Nor will the children have the op- gress on states’ progress in screening all fos- terred at Arlington National Cemetery this tion to conserve the funds to use when they ter children for Social Security eligibility. week. As a soldier and active citizen, Warren leave care. This is because state child welfare As Members of Congress, we are the gave much of his life to our great nation. agencies routinely make themselves the rep- grandparents and guardians of all foster youth. resentative payee so that they have control Warren was a veteran of World War II—a We have a moral obligation to provide foster Tech Sergeant in the Eighth Air Force, 489th over the child’s benefits. Often, neither the children with the resources they need to be- child nor the child’s advocate knows that So- Bomber Group, in England. He was a waist come independent adults, just as we would gunner on a B–24 Liberator that flew 2 historic cial Security benefits are being sent to the our own children. The ‘‘Foster Children Self agency. Once the welfare agency controls the missions on D-day. With such an honorable Support Act’’ is a small part of fulfilling this ob- record in the armed services under his belt, benefits there are few limits on what they can ligation and a large step toward helping one of do with the funds. Warren went on to serve his country for a long the most vulnerable groups of foster children. time after the war. State welfare agencies take an estimated I urge my colleagues to join Congressman He spent many years doing good work to $156 million per year from foster children, ac- LANGEVIN and me in support of this important protect the environment and its inhabitants as cording to a CRS analysis. The practice has legislation. devastating consequences for youth who age a special agent for the Department of the Inte- out of the system without supports. Former f rior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and for foster children face tremendous challenges. INTRODUCTION OF A RESOLUTION the Department of Commerce’s National Ma- Foster children often enter care having suf- TO EXPRESS CONDOLENCES AT rine Fisheries Service. Having worked exten- fered from serious emotional, mental, and/or THE LOSS OF LIFE OF 72 PEOPLE sively with these organizations in Connecticut, physical abuse. For example, they suffer from EXECUTED IN TAMAULIPAS, I can tell you from firsthand experience how Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at a MEXICO crucial people like Warren are to protecting rate twice as high as Iraq War veterans. When the livelihoods of Connecticut’s fisherman and youth emancipate from care, 37 percent expe- HON. JAMES P. MORAN the safety of our land and waterways. In addi- rience at least one episode of homelessness tion, he became a passionate grower of fruits, OF VIRGINIA and 16 percent of men are incarcerated by the vegetables, and flowers after settling in Deep IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES age of 24. Only 48 percent of former foster River. youth are employed at age 24 and only 6 per- Thursday, September 23, 2010 When we honor men and women like War- cent had a college degree. The ‘‘Foster Chil- Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Madam Speaker, ren Diffendall who served their nation during dren Self Support Act’’ is especially important today I am introducing a resolution to express wartime and peacetime, we are reminded of since it is safe to assume that those foster our condolences at the loss of life of the 72 why these individuals are referred to as our youth who have lost their parents or are eligi- people who were executed in Tamaulipas, ‘‘greatest generation.’’ I stand here today to ble for SSI due to severe mental or physical Mexico by a drug syndicate on August 25, honor the memory of Warren Diffendall for his disabilities are among the most vulnerable. 2010. service and sacrifice. Anyone who devoted The ‘‘Foster Children Self Support Act’’ pro- The United States and Mexico have a their life to protecting our nation and ensuring vides a way to help these young people. It unique relationship that is vitally important to its prosperity for future generations, in the does so by mandating that states develop a both countries and to the world. manner that Warren did, is worthy of our eter- plan for foster children who receive Social Se- The loss of life and the utter callousness of nal gratitude. I ask my colleagues to join me curity benefits. The plan would describe how this act need to be on the forefront of public in mourning the loss and honoring the life of to use a child’s Social Security benefits as a consciousness. Warren Diffendall. 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