Support for public investment to make quality early childhood education a reality for every child has broad support from across the political spectrum.

To discuss our proposal, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. Rosen).

As lawmakers, I hope that my colleagues join me in finding this unacceptable.

Support for early childhood education expands across the ideological spectrum.

Frankly, the debate about the efficacy of early learning is over. It is simply undeniable that high-quality early childhood education has lifelong benefits for kids.

What can we do at the local, state, and federal level to support early childhood teachers and try to establish a greater respect and support for the profession?

What can be done to support the continuity between early learning and K-12? What more can we do in our state and nationally?

Noble Prize winning economist James Heckman estimates that society receives $7.30 in benefits for every dollar invested in high-quality early learning programs for at risk kids.

The lack of availability and the rising cost of childcare hits working families especially hard.

Despite the nearly unanimous findings about early learning, our country ranks third-to-last amongst all developed nations for enrollment of three- to five-year olds.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of this hearing highlighting the importance of early childhood programs.

I thank the gentleman, Al Green of Texas, for bringing forward a resolution simply acknowledging the importance of this month to the millions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans across the country. Al Green's resolution…

I wanted to give you the chance to either retract that, because it is illegal under the Plyler precedent to collect, no less include it in a State database, immigration.

First, we value accuracy on the committee.

Reclaiming my time, this effectively co-ops States and forces other States to do the same thing that my colleague's and my State of Colorado has already done. It goes beyond that as well. Under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, this…

I will be happy to supply those. To be clear, the entire school doesn't close, just the gym closes.

We need the research to tell us, you know, what works and what doesn't work, and, you know, redistribute to things that do work the things that don't.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-minute votes on…

This week, Senate Republicans are very likely to vote on a bill that would take away health insurance from 22 million Americans, people like Marcia and Grace Kohler in Boulder, Colorado. The Kohlers, like many other families, were able to…

the Every Student Succeeds Act contains key civil rights provisions that will help ensure that every student receives a great education.

I would like to inquire of my friend from Colorado whether recognizing those savings is in fact a Federal responsibility or a State responsibility. I yield to the gentleman from Colorado.

Using reliable, de-identified, protected data is a key part of identifying what works and what doesn't work.

Thank you, Chairman Rokita, for holding this hearing on this very important topic this morning.

Prosecutors are lawyers as well. So I just wanted to be clear that it is not an insult. Being an attorney is a fine profession. There are some attorneys on both sides, both defending as well prosecuting criminals, but they are both…

Okay. Well, that is the association which many attorneys, excepting, of course, my friend from Colorado, are a member of. The supporters of this bill point to its consideration in previous Congresses for hearings, but we have over 50 new…