As Senator Grassley said, if this legislation can save just one child and that child is yours, you will know that it is worth it.

It is equally important that we make sure the taxpayers get a good value for their dollar, and I think it is equally important that students get a good education and that they do not take on more debt than they can pay back.

We have decided as a country and as a Congress that it is important for the Federal Government to be involved in higher education.

They were getting a disproportionate share of the money.

We have to remember... These benefits are one time, finite, one time.

I think States will have a lot of encouragement now to really implement Olmstead, which means that a lot of people with disabilities now are going to have much higher expectations.

We have to change that expectation to saying, Wait a minute. Everybody's got some kind of disability.

I think we have failed in our education system and in our career opportunities to really provide that kind of stimulation to young people with disabilities.

Madam Speaker, the gentleman from Iowa is pleased to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the House, and I want to express my disappointment in the gentlemen who spoke before me. I usually come here to pick up my material for…

Madam Speaker, I apologize. I didn't hear your gavel earlier. So even though it's abrupt, I am happy to yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

The title of this hearing is Improving Employment Opportunities for People with Intellectual Disabilities.

Persons with intellectual disabilities also may face the most significant barriers to employment, that of poor attitudes about their abilities and low expectations for their possibilities.

I'll be honest with you, I'll bear a little bit here that I've wrestled with this myself.

Reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman from Texas. He sparked some things in my mind that in about the 6 minutes we may have, a little bit of dialogue with regard to that. One point that I wanted to make about what's going on with the…

We're here today to examine the barriers, and, most importantly, identify solutions to increase the employment participation rate of individuals with disabilities.

Your decades of leadership in and commitment to inclusion of individuals with disabilities as full partners in every facet of our society has resulted in significant gains.

I think those role-model examples do far more to move kids forward with disabilities than any government mandate they should.

This fall, beginning this October, states--any State that wants to implement the Olmstead Decision--to provide for supportive services for people with disabilities will get a 6-percent bump-up in their FMAP.