We must emphasize the importance of assistance as a tool in promoting the stability of that country.
We want you to have that oversight.
I think a college degree is the coin of the realm in our country.
I think that signals a time for another hearing and another day.
I used to love hotlines, but now I wonder do hotlines really work? They work in the Violence Against Women Act.
So the question is what is it we require, and what is it we require at what level, and then who pays for it?
Many of our children have significant physical challenges, now a growing emotional challenge, particularly with the high...
I do believe inspections are incredibly important. I think they should occur.
Now, the average rate of pay for a child care worker in the United States is under $25,000 a year.
Unless we see some great change in the valuation... it would be very hard to move that wage level without some significa...
I think we can get real clarity on the safety issues with good ideas and local flexibility.
I think where we all agree, then, is less Washington mandates, but certainly descriptive rather than prescriptive.
Thank you, Dr. Bryant. That was part of exactly what we wanted to hear, which is data-driven and evidence-based.
I think we have to find the balance between regulation and strangulation--regulation where we really insist on proper st...
we have to have a frugal government, and therefore our investments need to be very targeted.
I hope that you come away with is that we really listened, we took it to heart.
I think there is a mood in this subcommittee for us to really try to form a bipartisan bill.
Well, the economy has changed, and this bill hasn't been reauthorized since 1996, and there's a new fiscal reality I thi...