Political Quotes

“I introduced S. 503, the Education Begins At Home Act. It is cosponsored by Senators Talent and DeWine. I invite my colleagues to look at it and join with me in this significant measure to improve early childhood education and development of our children. Parents as Teachers has worked in Missouri. It is a program which involves training and assistance for parents of children from birth to 3 years of age. We have had significant improvements in educational achievements. We have identified problems in children. We have solved problems and saved money by avoiding the necessary, expensive, and very difficult remedial efforts. It involves home visits. It involves bringing children of like age groups together. It works at home. It works for the poorest families. It works for very busy two-working-parent families. It works on our military installations. This measure expands from currently 3,300 children whose parents are in the program nationally to potentially 2.7 million families with young children throughout the United States. The program is presently in all States, in the Union. This expands on it and makes sure we use our early education dollars to the maximum benefit. Get parents involved. Home visits work. Research has clearly shown that the early years are critical in a child's development and lay the foundation for success in school and in life.”