I think those are three excellent ones.

We need to just look at what we pay now, so we don't pay later.

I don't know of any mother in America that says, 'Oh my kid is going to go to an unquality childcare thing.'

Would it be your recommendation that when we reauthorize or look at the reauthorization of the childcare development grant that we just simply replicate the military program?

What we have to do is learn the lessons from those two programs, and that is part of why I say define the field.

I appreciate the description of your day, and the fact that in most of the Judy Centers, which are outstanding, outstanding programs--and really, we want to compliment our colleague, Congressman Hoyer in really getting it started and our governors, Republican and Democrat funding it.

So for the Federal Government we have inconsistency, incredible inconsistency.

Workforce and workforce development would be a total issue here.

I think it was time well spent.

When Head Start began every Head Start Program had to have a family coordinator

Clearly, we are failing our children if there is such a large unmet need.

You can't see it for war either.

the Head Start coordinator was a different kind of audit.

There is limited career path for these workers as compared to say coming to work in the healthcare field.

A bank investing in kids rather than kids investing in the bank.

The most important thing I do is build relationships with the families, to the kids, to the school, to the principal, to everybody.

I think it is time for us to get our priorities right.

We are also looking for Senator Franken to ask his questions.