 Thank you. Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Neal, and distinguished members of the committee, as has been mentioned, I am currently a fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center and chair of the Board of Trustees at the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Over the past 35 years, I have worked in research, philanthropy, and advocacy to advance data-driven reforms to improve our nation's child welfare system. During this entire period, bipartisanship has been a defining feature of federal child welfare legislation.