{"id":61487,"date":"2015-04-29T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=61487"},"modified":"2015-04-26T14:58:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T18:58:20","slug":"rep-hanna-recognized-as-champion-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=61487","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Hanna Recognized as Champion for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hanna-for-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41286\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hanna-for-web.jpg\" alt=\"Hanna for web\" width=\"226\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hanna-for-web.jpg 226w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hanna-for-web-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0(April 2015) The First Focus Campaign for Children, a national bipartisan children\u2019s advocacy group, presented Representative Richard Hanna a Champion for Children award recognizing his leadership on issues important to children during the 113th\u00a0Congress (2013-2014).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLots of politicians talk about kids\u2019 issues, but few back it up,\u201d said Bruce Lesley, president of the Campaign for Children. \u201cRepresentative Hanna delivered for kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In selecting Champions, the First Focus Campaign for Children noted leaders who introduced, co-sponsored, and voted for legislation to meet children\u2019s needs. In addition, the organization considered Members who demonstrated extraordinary initiative by spearheading activities such as sponsoring hearings or garnering the support of their colleagues to improve the health and well-being of children. In recognizing Rep. Hanna as a Champion for Children, the advocacy group cited his leadership to protect and improve the future of America\u2019s next generation.<\/p>\n<p>The advocacy organization recognized as \u201cChampions for Children\u201d 50 Members of Congress for their extraordinary efforts to protect and improve the future of America\u2019s next generation. An additional 50 Members were recognized as \u201cDefenders of Children\u201d for their support of policies that advance the well-being of children.<\/p>\n<p>This is the Campaign for Children\u2019s fourth annual class of Champions for Children.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about past honorees, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ffcampaignforchildren.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.campaignforchildren.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0(April 2015) The First Focus Campaign for Children, a national bipartisan children\u2019s advocacy group, presented Representative Richard Hanna a Champion for Children award recognizing his leadership on issues important to children during the 113th\u00a0Congress (2013-2014). \u201cLots of politicians talk about kids\u2019 issues, but few back it up,\u201d said Bruce Lesley, president of the Campaign for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}