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Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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'There's A Social Worker Who Needs Me To Call Her...': Schweikert Tells Astonishing Adoption Story

Published | Video Starts at 05:19

So I think we don't want to play adoption against reunification. And you're right, we do need a unifying framework. What is in the best interest of children. We're up against time. How often, how common is our family's experience of you're not allowed to take the child home unless you have the cash. So what you're talking about is largely private adoption rather than it was a private adoption service. What I'm saying is they had people stocking the maternity wards in the different hospitals, getting people to sign that piece of paper. (05:19–05:28)

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Implies that requiring cash to take a child home is a common experience in adoptions.

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