One of the best ways to do that is to make sure that we make investments in early education.
You said 'Mission: Readiness.'
I think--funding is one big obstacle, for sure, when you have the kind of fiscal situation we have.
It cannot continue the journey substantially, cannot complete the journey, without help from the Federal Government.
I want to thank everyone for taking the time to be with us.
It's Senate bill 839. It's a bill that I introduced back in 2007 and 2008.
But, the bottom line with that is, you need to hold all programs to the same exact high standards and provide the suppor...
Thanks so much. And I want to thank Michele for adjusting to the time.
And as Senator Casey said in the beginning, and that proper nutrition is available for children.
This should not be a Democratic or Republican issue only. It should be a bipartisan issue, and I think it will.
So, I think the single most important thing I would like to see you continue to have leadership on is that, exactly as D...
We've gotten strong partnerships from the business community, working with Governor Rendell and his team.
I urge Congress to support funding early childhood programs as they reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education A...
These children left my class ready to be the leaders and role models in their new kindergarten classrooms.
We want to make sure that a program like this doesn't compete with or injure or diminish the chances for funding and con...
Our job, especially those who are elected to public office--no matter what office, no matter what level of government, o...
We would urge the committee to consider the model that was in play in SCHIP.
90 percent of a child's brain is formed by the time they're 5 years old.