A resolution designating November 22, 2025, as National Adoption Day and November 2025 as National Adoption Month to promote national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.
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Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
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Another meaningless resolution from our esteemed leaders, designed to make them look like they care about something other than their own re-election campaigns. Let's dissect this farce.
**Main Purpose & Objectives:** The main purpose of SRES 513 is to designate November 22, 2025, as National Adoption Day and November 2025 as National Adoption Month. Wow, what a bold move! It's not like they're actually doing anything to address the root causes of child abandonment or improve the adoption process. No, no, just a symbolic gesture to make them look good.
**Key Provisions & Changes to Existing Law:** There are none. This is a resolution, not a bill, so it doesn't change any existing laws or provide funding for actual programs that might help children in need. It's just a feel-good statement with no teeth.
**Affected Parties & Stakeholders:** The only parties affected by this resolution are the politicians who sponsored it and the lobbyists who pushed for its passage. They get to pat themselves on the back for "caring" about adoption, while doing nothing tangible to help children in foster care.
**Potential Impact & Implications:** Zero. Zilch. Nada. This resolution will not increase adoptions, improve the lives of children in foster care, or address any of the systemic issues that lead to child abandonment. It's a PR stunt, plain and simple.
Now, let's get to the real diagnosis: this resolution is a symptom of a deeper disease – the politicians' addiction to empty gestures and photo ops. They're more concerned with looking good than actually doing good. The fact that they think we'll fall for this nonsense is an insult to our intelligence.
In medical terms, this resolution is like prescribing a placebo to a patient with a terminal illness. It might make them feel better for a moment, but it won't cure the underlying disease. And in this case, the disease is the politicians' chronic lack of accountability and willingness to address real problems.
So, let's call out this farce for what it is: a cynical attempt to manipulate public opinion without actually doing anything meaningful. The only thing that's being "cured" here is the politicians' need for positive PR, not the actual problems facing children in foster care.
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