WASHINGTONU.S. Sen. John Cornyn R-Texas a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee today joined a Bipartisan group of 45 Members of the Senate and House in sending a letter to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton urging her to give Haitian orphans high priority in all U.S. evacuation and relief plans.
Senator Cornyn and the group also asked Secretary Clinton to coordinate with U.S. faith-based and private relief partners in assisting orphans and to designate a coordinator to lead this overall effort:
These children are already among the most vulnerable and in circumstances like these find themselves at even greater risk" Sen. Cornyn said. We must make their evacuation and relief plans as well as expediting any pending or prospective adoptions between Haitian children and their matching U.S. citizen adoptive parents our highest priority."
Over the course of the last week Sen. Cornyns office has been working with at least four Texas families who were in the process of adopting Haitian children. Anyone seeking assistance in this matter should visit http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=HelpWithFederalAgencies and fill out the appropriate forms so that Sen. Cornyns office may go to work on their behalf.
WASHINGTONU.S. Sen. John Cornyn R-Texas a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee today joined a Bipartisan group of 45 Members of the Senate and House in sending a letter to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton urging her to give Haitian orphans high priority in all U.S. evacuation and relief plans.
Senator Cornyn and the group also asked Secretary Clinton to coordinate with U.S. faith-based and private relief partners in assisting orphans and to designate a coordinator to lead this overall effort:
These children are already among the most vulnerable and in circumstances like these find themselves at even greater risk" Sen. Cornyn said. We must make their evacuation and relief plans as well as expediting any pending or prospective adoptions between Haitian children and their matching U.S. citizen adoptive parents our highest priority."
Over the course of the last week Sen. Cornyns office has been working with at least four Texas families who were in the process of adopting Haitian children. Anyone seeking assistance in this matter should visit http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=HelpWithFederalAgencies and fill out the appropriate forms so that Sen. Cornyns office may go to work on their behalf.
