THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2002 – BEGINNING AT 3:00 P.M.
ROOM 1100 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
Opening Statements:
The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;
and
The Honorable Wade Horn, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary, Administration for
Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
PANEL:
The Honorable Patsy Mink, M.C., Hawaii
The Honorable Marcy Kaptur, M.C., Ohio
The Honorable Dennis Kucinich, M.C., Ohio
The Honorable Barbara Lee, M.C., California
The Honorable John F. Tierney, M.C., Massachusetts
The Honorable Thomas M. Reynolds, M.C., New York
PANEL:
Hon. Raymond Meier, Chair, Committee on Social Services, New York State Senate; Chair, Human Services Committee, and Co-Chair, Task Force on Welfare Reform Reauthorization, National Conference of State Legislatures
The Honorable Martin O'Malley, Mayor, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors
PANEL:
Robin Arnold-Williams, Executive Director, Utah Department of Human Services, on behalf of the State of Utah, and American Public Human Services Association
Lawrence M. Mead, Ph.D. Professor of Politics, New York University, New York, New York
Robert Rector, Senior Research Fellow, Domestic Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation
Wendell Primus, Director of Income Security, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Jason A. Turner, Director, Center for Self-Sufficiency, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
PANEL:
Mary-Louise Kurey, National Spokeswoman, Best Friends Foundation, and Spokesperson, Project Reality, Chicago, Illinois
Isabel V. Sawhill, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, and President, National Campaign to Preent Teen Pregnancy
David L. Levy, J.D., President, Children’s Rights Council
John Crouch, Executive Director, Americans for Divorce Reform
Geraldine Jensen, President, Association for Children for Enforcement of Support, Inc.
Stuart A. Miller, Senior Legislative Analyst, American Fathers Coalition
PANEL:
Michael R. Efford, Chief of Police, Chico Police Department, Chico, California
Jodie Levin-Epstein, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy
Helen Blank, Director, Child Care and Development Division, Children's Defense Fund
Martha F. Davis, Vice President, Legal Director, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
Shay Bilchik, President and Chief Executive Officer, Child Welfare League of America
Nanine Meiklejohn, Legislative Representative, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employee (AFSCME), presenting statement of Lee Saunders, Executive Assistant to the President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employee, and Administrator, AFSCME District Council 37, New York, New York
PANEL:
Lauren Schumer, Legislative Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, presenting statement of Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action of Reform Judaism
Kathleen A. Curran, Policy Advisor, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Brenda Girton-Mitchell, Associate General Secretary for Public Policy, National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
Sister Mary Elizabeth Clark, Spokesperson, NETWORK, National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Reverand Nathan Wilson, Director of Public Policy, Call to Renewal
Valora Washington, Ph.D., Executive Director, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Cambridge Massachusetts
PANEL:
Will Lightbourne, Director, Social Services Agency, Santa Clara County, California and Vice President of Program, County Welfare Directors Association of California
Jean Ross, Executive Director, California Budget Project, Sacramento, California
Alex Yazza, Jr., Department Director, Navajo Nation Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program,
Division of Social Services, Window Rock, ArizonaEric Rodrigues, Director, National Council of LaRaza, presenting statement of Cecilia Muñoz, Vice President, National Council of La Raza
PANEL:
Vanessa Brown, Leader, Mothers on the Move Committee, Philadelphia Unemployment Project, and Member, National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support
Pat Albright, Every Mother is a Working Mother, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Former Welfare Recipient)Kate Kahan, Executive Director, Working for Equality and Economic Liberation, Missoula, Montana
PANEL:
Yasmina S. Vinci, Executive Director, National Association of Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies
Paul Marchand, Assistant Executive Director, Policy and Advocacy, Arc, and Co-Chair, TANF Task Force, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Sean Cahill, Ph.D., Director, Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, New York, New York
Sharon McDonald, Policy Analyst, National Alliance to End Homeless
Reverend David Beckman, President, Bread for the World
Bich Ha Pham, Executive Director, Hunger Action Network of New York State, New York, New York