Anna Eshoo: “we have become the most powerful country in the world because previous generations invested in us. Now the new…”

“we have become the most powerful country in the world because previous generations invested in us. Now the new Republican majority is treating this generation of children differently. If we do nothing else in this body, we need to take care of our children, those whom we inherit as legislators, the children of our Nation. I am a mother and I have spent my adult life raising, nurturing, and caring for my children. They are my first priority and my reason for living. The children of our country deserve the same from us. We must feed their bodies to keep them healthy and nourished and feed their minds to help them become productive citizens. That is why we provide school lunches. That is why we have a public education system, and job training programs. That is why mind-enriching noncommercial public programming and public television is so important. The Republican majority is cutting the funding for the children of our Nation, the nutrition for their bodies and the food for their minds, and these cuts will starve our Nation's future. I urge my colleagues to think about our Nation's children and not rob them of their future.”