Chris Dodd: “I was disappointed by the position of the administration. To quote them from their bulletin: In considering this…”

“I was disappointed by the position of the administration. To quote them from their bulletin: In considering this legislation, the administration would strongly oppose any amendment that increases funding for the Child Development Block Grant fund. "Strongly oppose" is an indication of how they fail to understand what I think the Senator from Iowa pointed out--certainly the Senator from Maine did--the critical transition that is necessary from welfare to work, particularly considering the jobs these people are able to get. Most of them are very low-wage jobs. Having a strong childcare component is the lifeboat that will get them from one side of the shore of this raging river to the other, the side of the shore from welfare dependency to work.”