"I think we should have, absolutely."
"While I think we should be making a larger Federal investment in childcare, I am well aware of our Nation's fiscal reality."
"While CCDBG is, first and foremost, a work support program providing parents with the peace of mind that their children have a place to go while the parents are at work, we have learned so much about ..."
"Early Education Teachers are professionals and we do need to pay them accordingly, provide benefits and require ongoing training like their counter parts in the public school system."
"The first years of a child's life are critical to her future development; we cannot afford to ignore the importance of quality care in the early years."
"Providing parents with information about the quality of childcare available to them is necessary to ensuring that parents can make informed childcare choices."
"Maryland, by housing CCDBG in the Department of Education, appears to have done a good job at aligning CCDBG with State educational goals."
"I have had many parents sit in my office and cry because they were not able to get a CCDBG Child Care subsidy and they could not afford my fee which is established using a sliding fee scale based on t..."
"I just want to strongly urge you to reconsider the position that the SEC needs to adopt a new round of regulations now, for several reasons."
"I think this is the wrong way to go."
"The authorities we know are continuing the investigation, but Israeli officials have publicly accused Hezbollah of conducting the attack."
"the possibility that Iran could develop nuclear capability is a direct threat to the United States and certainly to the Middle East even more directly."
"I think we could do much more to push out the Assad regime and to help ensure that a future Syria is stable."
"We can each of us be more succinct because we agree with our predecessors."
"Iran is the backer and the banker of all the bad guys in the region."
"For as long as Iran is persuaded that we want the nuclear talks more than they do, they are never going to give us anything."
"We are playing Iran's game and we should stop playing Iran's game."
"Mr. Ambassador, you are off to a really good start here."