On the recordSeptember 17, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) for yielding me time, and I congratulate the gentleman on this outstanding piece of legislation. In my youth, I had the opportunity as then-president of the senate in the State of Connecticut to work with Dr. Edward Zigler, commonly referred to as the ``father of Head Start'' and really the person who came up with the concept and idea of family resource centers. He looked out around the country and saw schoolhouses, and he saw them in communities where everybody attended and worked and said: Wouldn't that be a great idea? What he understood most, of course, is that childcare is family care. That is something that the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) has exemplified in my time with him on the Ways and Means Committee, and I am proud to be associated with the gentleman, this bill, and the work and effort of Dr. Edward Zigler of Yale University.
