March 20, 2009

HEARING ON BAD CHILD WELFARE BILL TUESDAY

The first House hearing on the bill to privatize Child Welfare Services is Tuesday.

The House Early Learning and Children’s Services Committee takes up E2SSB 5943 at 8 a.m., next Tuesday, March 24, in House Hearing Room E.

The bill in its current form is still a bad idea. So call your two House members at 1-800-562-6000 and urge them to oppose E2SSB 5943 in the form it passed the Senate. This is especially important if any of the members of the House Early Learning and Children’s Services Committee are from your district.

The members of the House Early Learning and Children’s Services Committee are:
Rep. Ruth Kagi, 32nd Dist. (chair)
Rep. Mary Helen Roberts, 21st Dist. (vice chair)
Rep. Larry Haler, 8th Dist. (ranking minority member)
Rep. Maureen Walsh, 16th Dist. (assistant ranking minority member)
Rep. Jan Angel, 26th Dist.
Rep. Roger Goodman, 45th Dist.
Rep. Larry Seaquist, 26th Dist.

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