Paris Hilton Testifies Before House Panel to Advocate for Foster Care Reform

Reality TV star and activist Paris Hilton is on Capitol Hill today, delivering powerful testimony before a House panel in support of the reauthorization of a federal program dedicated to children in foster care. Hilton’s testimony is a heartfelt appeal for reform and modernization of child welfare programs, drawing from her own harrowing experiences as a teenager in residential youth treatment facilities.

Hilton, who has become an outspoken advocate for vulnerable children and teens, recounted the emotional and physical abuse she endured at a boarding school for so-called. . .