Mike Levin: “I agree with my colleague. I believe we successfully balanced both interests in the DATA bill. It is important…”

This is not an ordinary transaction by any measure.

For hundreds of thousands of children from low-income families, it is where they learn to read, receive basic health screenings, get support for disabilities, and begin kindergarten with a real chance to succeed.

The hard part is still ahead of us.

They do not wait to be asked; they simply show up, roll up their sleeves, and give everything they have to the people around them.