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Hearings

IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN? ROMANIA'S BAN ON INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION

September 14, 2005 - 2237 Rayburn House Office Building

Official Transcript:

Witnesses:

Name	Title	Affiliation
Hon. Sam Brownback	Chairman	Helsinki Commission
Hon. Christopher H. Smith	Co-Chairman	Helsinki Commission
Hon. Maura Harty	Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs	U.S. Department of State
H.E. Sorin Ducaru	Ambassador to the United States	Romania
Mr. Thomas Atwood	President & CEO	National Council for Adoption
Ms. Debra Murphy-Scheumann	President of the Board of Directors	Joint Council on International Children’s Services
Dr. Dana Johnson	Director	International Adoption Clinic, University of Minnesota
Mr. Elliot Forsyth	Prospective Adoptive Parent