[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 198 (Friday, November 20, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H6008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, November is National Adoption Month, and I 
rise in celebration of all the families created and strengthened 
through the selfless act of adoption.
  Adoption has united countless children with loving, caring parents, 
and every child deserves to grow up in a safe home. Many children have 
had their lives significantly improved by adoptive parents seeking to 
raise them as their own.
  Adoption is a powerful act, Mr. Speaker, and devoted parents are 
essential to any child's development and success.
  My wife, Kelly, was a widow when we married. Soon after, I adopted 
her daughter, Isabel, and she is wonderful, Mr. Speaker, just like her 
mama. Being a father has been one of the greatest joys of my life, and 
I will ever be thankful to both Kelly and Isabel for letting me be a 
part of their family.
  I am proud to stand on the floor of the House of Representatives, Mr. 
Speaker, today to honor all the families, including my own, that have 
gone through the adoption process. Folks adopt children for any number 
of reasons, but above all else, they do it out of love. I am the 
luckiest human on the face of the Earth, Mr. Speaker.

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