 funding to states and tribes. As the Chairman of the Work and Welfare Subcommittee, I take very seriously our responsibility to ensure we have a strong safety net for nearly 370,000 children in foster care who have experienced the trauma and hardships of abuse and neglect. This Congress, the Work and Welfare Subcommittee, has taken a deep dive into current challenges facing child welfare, continuing the decades-long tradition of doing so in a bipartisan basis.