To me, oral health, and this is such a window on so many of the problems. And for years, it has been just so neglected.
Jim Horan, why don't you talk--I was curious because you have talked about this as well in getting services and programs, parents involved, ...
I want to come back to that. Your testimony about the oral health of children, I want to come back to it in a minute.
It is simply a matter of getting the Congress to provide the money for Head Start, for afterschool, dental care...
Thank you for great work on family and children's issues.
I am deeply grateful for Senator Dodd's compassion, wisdom and courage on behalf of American children.
Thank you Senator Dodd for all you have done in support of our program over the years.
It has had a positive impact, yes.
We are really going to miss your leadership in the Senate because you have been terrific on these issues over the decades.
I wrote, along with Lamar Alexander, the infant screening legislation, which was designed primarily to deal with some of the--I think were e...
Thank you for all that you have done for Bridgeport children.
Again, thank you for the opportunity to speak before you today.
There is 1.5 more that is--the number is stacked.
We need the political will to make the changes that data and evaluation demonstrate will work.
I have never met a Congressperson who has been a more effective, active, and dedicated advocate for children and families than our own Senat...
The future belongs 100 percent to them, and that is why Arlen Specter and I, almost 30 years ago, started the Children's Caucus in the Senat...
Have you tried anything with--I am curious whether or not, for instance, where instead of having parents' time, you just have father time. S...
the passage of national health reform that you helped to shepherd through Congress earlier this year