I would trade everything, all the other policies we talk about, all the other government--what we do in our tax code, everything, if I knew that every poor kid in America had a shot at great early childhood education.

The whole enterprise has been dead in the cradle, and I would really like to see that revived.

I want to see curriculum expanded. It contracted because of the testing requirements.

Senator Bennet asks an excellent question.

Our bill would create a national framework of world-class providers and hospitals in the Medicaid program that would coordinate care across State lines on behalf of these children.

Senator Grassley and I, along with Senators Nelson, Brown, and Portman, introduced the ACE Kids Act.

I would like to commend you and Senator Ayotte for your leadership and the Senate's efforts to support our Nation's family caregivers.

I have asked Treasury and the Fed for details about plans the agencies had to handle debt default.

We have to fill that space. I think the budget agreement at the end of last year gives us a period of time where we can make progress there.

The Earned Income Tax Credit was created in a Republican administration.

If you have a tax that is taxing people into poverty, it is not a good tax.