DeLay to Testify Before House Government Reform Committee; Will Address Plight of Abused and Neglected Children

5/19/2004

From: Stuart Roy or Jonathan Grella, 202-225-4000, both of the Office of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay; Web: http://www.majorityleader.gov

News Advisory:

For planning purposes only

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) will testify before the House Government Reform Committee on the plight of abused and neglected children as the committee addresses "Redundancy and Duplication in Federal Child Welfare Programs: A Case Study on the Need for Executive Reorganization Authority." The hearing will take place on Thursday, May 20, at 10 a.m.

DeLay will also ask questions of the panel, whose members will include Wade Horn, assistant secretary for children and families at the Department of Health and Human Services; Robert Flores, administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention at the Department of Justice; and Colien Hefferan, administrator of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service at the Department of Agriculture.

Event: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) testifies at Government Reform Committee hearing on foster care

Date: Thursday, May 20

Time: 10 a.m.

Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building