Congressional Coalition on Adoption

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The Congressional Coalition on Adoption is an informal, bipartisan alliance of members of Congress who support adoption. The members are concerned for children who would benefit from adoption, families who wish to adopt and birth parents. The Coalition strives to remove barriers to adoption (including international adoption), to promote understanding of infant adoption and to support the adoption by loving families of children who are awaiting adoption in foster care.

The three co-chairs' offices staff the Coalition. The primary point of contact is Senator Larry Craig's office.

Senate

Co-Chairs
Senator Larry Craig (ID)

Senator Mary Landrieu (LA)

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)

Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO)

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

Sen. John Breaux (D-LA)

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)

Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)

Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-ID)

Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD)

Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH)

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND)

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)

Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)

Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL)

Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL)

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)

Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-OK)

Sen. James Jeffords (I-VT)

Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)

Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)

Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN)

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)

Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA)

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NB)

Sen. Don Nickles (R-OK)

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV)

Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

Sen. Bob Smith (R-NH)

Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR)

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)

Sen. John W. Warner (R-VA)

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)

House

Chair
Rep. James L. Oberstar (MN).

Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)

Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)

Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO)

Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

Rep. James Barcia (D-MI)

Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)

Rep. Doug Bereuter (R-NE)

Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)

Rep. Mike Bilirakis (R-FL)

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)

Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-NY)

Rep. David Bonior (D-MI)

Rep. Bob Borski (D-PA)

Rep. Ed Bryant (R-TN)

Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)

Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI)

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)

Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA)

Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)

Rep. Eve Clayton (D-NC)

Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL)

Rep. Robert "Bud" Cramer (D-AL)

Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA)

Rep. Jim Davis (D-FL)

Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA)

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)

Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA)

Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX)

Rep. James DeMint (R-SC)

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)

Rep. David Dreier (R-CA)

Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R- WA)

Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)

Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)

Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL)

Rep. Robert Filner (D-CA)

Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL)

Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY)

Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA)

Rep. Virgil H. Goode (I-VA)

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)

Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)

Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)

Rep. Jim Greenwood (R-PA)

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)

Rep. Melissa Hart (R-PA)

Rep. James V. Hansen (R-UT)

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI)

Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR)

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)

Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL)

Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-LA)

Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA)

Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY)

Rep. Peter King (R-NY)

Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)

Rep. John LaFalce (D-NY)

Rep. James Langevin (D-RI)

Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA)

Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)

Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI)

Rep. William Lipinski (D-IL)

Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ)

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)

Rep. Bill Luther (D-MN)

Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)

Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL)

Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)

Rep. Robert Matsui (D-CA)

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)

Rep. Michael R. McNulty (D-NY)

Rep. Marty Meehan (D-MA)

Rep. Carrie Meek (D-FL)

Rep. Juanita Millender McDonald (D-CA)

Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA)

Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)

Rep. Jerrod Nadler (D-NY)

Rep. Anne M. Northup (R-KY)

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Rep. James L. Oberstar (D-MN)

Rep. John Olver (D-MA)

Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr (D-NJ)

Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)

Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN)

Rep. Collin Peterson (R-MN)

Rep. Thomas Petri (R-WI)

Rep. Charles Pickering (R-MS)

Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA)

Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)

Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH)

Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI)

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)

Rep. Jim Ryun (R-KS)

Rep. Martin Sabo (D-MN)

Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ)

Rep. Bob Scaffer (R-CO)

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)

Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)

Rep. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL)

Rep. Brad Sherman (DCA)

Rep. Joe Skeen (R-NM)

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)

Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)

Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN)

Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL)

Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH)

Rep. Charles Taylor (R-NC)

Rep. Lee R. Terry (R-NE)

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX)

Rep. John Thune (R-SD)

Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS)

Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)

Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)

Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)

Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)

Rep. David Weldon (R-FL)

Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM)

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA)

Rep. Lynn Woosley (D-CA)

Rep. David Wu (D-OR)

Rep. Bill Young (R-FL)

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