Pete Stark: “Mr. Chairman, here we are for round three of the shell game. This is Humphrey-Hawkins, and we are supposed to be talking…”

“Mr. Chairman, here we are for round three of the shell game. This is Humphrey-Hawkins, and we are supposed to be talking about employment. We have got people who are getting off welfare, right? We have got all these women, we want them to go out there, and we are increasing the number of hours they have to work. So we are getting them out there, staying away from their kids even longer. HHS says under this shell are 15 million children who need day care. Under this shell we find out what the Republicans take care of, 2.7 million children. One would think that if there were 15 million who needed it and they were only covering 2.7 million that they would put in some additional money. I mean they are not going to leave any child behind certainly. They really do care about children. I have heard them come out here and get almost weepy eyed over children, but there is only 2.7 million. What is under this shell? Nothing. They flat-lined it. They said the money we gave last year is exactly what we are giving this year. What that means, according to the Children's Defense Fund, is 30,000 more kids are going to be out from under this shell.”