First Lady Melania Trump (C) speaks alongside committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) (L) and Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) during a House Ways and Means Committee roundtable discussion on advancing legislation protecting American foster care children, her second major legislative initiative of the second Trump administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 15, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
First Lady Melania Trump appeared on Capitol Hill on April 15 to promote a slate of bills that would change the assistance offered to children aging out of the foster care system.
Trump spoke to the House Ways and Means Committee in support of the legislation and to urge for reform, which she called a “moral imperative.”
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