"I want to say to the chairman that, in the HHS budget, there is a $1.5 billion increase in Head Start."
"I strongly support your request for an additional $500,000,000 to fund career services for unemployed workers, particularly veterans."
"Paid leave should be a fundamental right for all Americans, and your proposal would move us in that direction."
"I applaud you for making this a priority."
"Overall, this request moves us in the right direction."
"I want to make sure that, as you move forward on this, you don't forget that, you know, given unemployment rates in the African-American and Latino communities..."
"I believe it is shortsighted. I would like to work with my colleagues to reestablish that cap adjustment..."
"I think it is also important when we take a look at the budget, it is about $1,500,000,000,000 that is spent on tax cuts."
"I will say that, in Connecticut, it is a partnership between community colleges and the healthcare industry to train veterans, dislocated workers, for new careers."
"Thank you. Dr. Fitzgerald, I would just say that working with some of our high schools in my community with Platt Tech and others who work with United Technologies and so forth and some of our small b..."
"One of the things that I really am concerned about in the U.S. is that it used to be that education was just in the purview of the wealthiest people..."