Paris Hilton Says We Need Both Dems & Republicans for Child Abuse Bill

Paris Hilton is on Day 2 at our nation’s capital as she continues to lobby for institutional child abuse reforms — an undertaking for which she says both sides of the aisle are needed.

We got the hotel heiress Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where PH was hand-in-hand with her hubby, Carter Reum … and where she told us exactly why she thinks this issue was worth taking a trip over — as she puts it, countless youth are dying “in the name of treatment.”

Now, she’s doing her advocacy work on a national level … and while she’s clearly got high hopes, the rancor of our red and blue politics is NOT lost on her at all.

We asked if she thought Republicans would back this Dem-drafted bill — and she’s optimistic, highlighting the importance of bipartisanship. No word on how she might try and nudge the GOP in the right direction — but hey, it’s Paris … and she’s already done some work in speaking with Republican Senator Chuck Grassley.