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The day before he was announced as one of the five new members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Richard Childress was in Washington, D.C. The owner of Richard Childress Racing attended a Congressional Pediatric Trauma Briefing, according to RollCall.com.

ROCKINGHAM — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson’s amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act contained a request for a formal investigation into mismanaged adoptions of military working dogs from the now-defunct Tactical Explosive Detector Dog Program.

In late 2014, Hudson was instrumental in reuniting Army Spc. Brent Grommet with his retired military dog, Matty, who was adopted out to a South Carolina family despite Grommet’s plans to adopt him. Hudson investigated the matter and the family who adopted Matty happily returned him to Grommet.

Famous for race cars and his wealth from entrepreneurship, Richard Childress is also working for the kids.

Childress, one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina, was invited to Capitol Hill by fellow North Carolinians—Republican Richard Hudson and Democrat G.K. Butterfield—to discuss his efforts through the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma on Tuesday.

“Every time you hear a church bell ring, a child dies. And this is 2016. We have to do something to change that," Childress said of pediatric trauma, the number one killer of children in America

An investigation by a local TV station revealed hundreds of soldiers' military service dogs were adopted out by the Army without their knowledge.

Now, a new bipartisan House bill will attempt to find an answer to how that happened.

The House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act that will, in part, request information on the mismanaged process of adopting out military working dogs, CBS Dallas-Forth Worth reported.