George Miller

Last fall Congressman Hanna of New York and I introduced the Strong Start for America's Children Act, a bold, innovative 10-year federal-state partnership that will expand and improve early learning opportunities for children nationwide.

Quality early learning is a critical issue that President Obama and members of our committee have been highlighting for years.

Ask any parent in America how important access to pre-K is to their family or whether the quality of their children's program matters and they will tell you how important it is that their children have a safe, high-quality learning…

Great child care and early education investments at federal, state, and local levels are needed because low-income working parents lack access, can't afford services, or don't have enough good choices.

I urge the committee to consider the bill and to move it to the House floor for passage.

Well, that would be important for us to know.

I think it is important that we pull this apart.

Yet there is growing consensus that federal investment needs to focus on relevant, rigorous, and high-quality CTE programs.

I want to join you in thanking the panelists, Mr. Chairman. I think that this panel not only is helpful this morning but I think has great potential in helping us as we rethink this Act.

Today's hearing will examine the critical role of career and technical education in preparing our nation's students for success in college and career.

I think we have a wonderful positive confluence here.

It is vital that we maintain and strengthen career and technical education programs.

I think it raises really serious issues about how people are standing in this pecking order, and how arbitrary that pecking order is.

The ACA calls on everyone to do their part to make health care work better.

I would like to work with you. I would like to open up some kind of online site so people can talk about this to members of Congress.

The goal of the Affordable Care Act is to provide affordable and quality health coverage for millions of Americans.

The opponents of the ACA continue to claim that the employers across the country will shift full time workers to part time just under 30 hours because employer's responsibility rules.

And, yet, when we get down to the people who are teaching, as you point out, the vast majority of the classes, all of a sudden, we got to skimp.

This is going to get more and more difficult--

This may be the most in-depth discussion we have had of adjunct professors in the history of the committee.

So he can reward people, trying to send a signal to the 186 that joined you that they just missed out on this benefit.

Everybody that gets elected, close the deal. Except your deal never got closed.

It is really unfortunate for you.

These are seismic changes. To ensure that children benefit, we need to support robust research to identify what is working and what can be improved.

More money is not always the answer, but sufficient money is.