To a large extent, the parents who are aware of the existence of programs, who make an effort, have a substantial lead on others who are not...
We very much appreciate your leadership, Senator Dodd, on the FMLA, and the Administration supports further efforts in this area.
Nothing, no set of issues have given me a greater sense of joy or pleasure to work on over the past 3 decades than this cluster of issues.
By the way, let me correct myself. Earlier I mentioned the afterschool programs, and my staff very properly reminded me here that, first of ...
When we talk about a more compassionate America, nowhere is that more evident than in our caregiving leave policies. No one should have to c...
We must all do better. And that's why we must continue to work together in a bipartisan way to reauthorize and improve ESEA as soon as possi...
In fact, my staff reminded me that in the Affordable Health Care bill--and Bob Casey was involved in this as well, The National Quality Stra...
But again, the low-birth rate among nonHispanic African-Americans over the past 15 years has remained about twice that of nonHispanic Caucas...
I would be remiss if I did not point out, by the way, that you always take great pride in your sort of official family.
I have had hearings on the obesity issue. Senator Harkin has been a champion in talking about the quality of food and nutrition.
I cannot begin to tell you what a sense of confidence and comfort it is to know that there are people like Bob Casey and Jeff Merkley who ar...
We think the way to do that is to allow States to innovate in this space and for us to provide them with incentives to do that.
But I do not want you to give up hope on paid leave. Let me just say you have been a critical leader on this.
A recent report issued at the end of June by the Congressional Budget Office highlighted the fact that income inequality has tripled in the ...
I think we had 3,000 a day--3,500 children under the age of 18 start smoking for the first time every day.
There is about a 20 percent increase in kids in school who are homeless, and one quarter--only one quarter of homeless children graduate fro...
I can only hope that the appropriate funds can be made available to service, effectively, all of Connecticut's juvenile delinquent children.
I thoroughly support Senator Dodd's proposal to initiate a U.S. Commission on Children and America's Young People.
