I have to say that sitting here and listening to you talk about the value of early education, about home visiting programs, and knowing that we just got a budget that has recommended an 18 percent cut to HHS, which is really going to devastate the very programs that we are here talking about and the important value to our children, is truly heartbreaking.
Roybal-Allard expresses concern over budget cuts to essential early education programs.
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