Rosa DeLauro

I am focused on the college degree or courses or opportunities for individuals who make up this segment of our country.

This has been one of the most enlightening hearings that we have had.

The soft bigotry of low expectations.

Fundamental to our democracy is a free media, and this is another move by the Trump administration to shut down the free media.

If we do it on the cheap, what are the consequences?

If we are serious about supporting high-quality educational programs, we should be talking about an increase of 13 percent for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, not a seventh and eighth straight year of flat funding or certainly not…

We need--we need--to consider the profound impact that this organization has had in our communities.

We cannot deny their chance to succeed or having a selfish choice of which children will get an education.

It is our responsibility in terms of reviewing that Federal role in early childhood education.

The job is not complete because poverty is oppressive. It is silent.

We need to increase that Federal role. Otherwise, we do it at our peril

If I can ask the chairman for a second. I do not know. I will get this to my colleagues.

If we do not invest in our children, we will have no future to defend.

It makes you wonder what we are talking about here today.

I believe that the President, and, again, I am sorry if this is offensive, continues to work for millionaires and billionaires, not everyday Americans.

We voted overwhelmingly to improve quality standards for CCBDG grants, but we neglected to provide the necessary funding.

We have grown Head Start's budget by $1,900,000,000, or 27 percent.

There is a growing mountain of evidence that early childhood interventions like these work.

I want to be excited for every community in this country with regard to early childhood education.

You need to think very carefully about what you can and what you cannot do.

I have introduced a bill to create an IG in the White House to ensure the executive office of the President acts in the public interest.

In my view, this is a serious concern given the avalanche of questions about unethical relationships, investments, and activities in this Administration that have gone unanswered.

Today both trust in government and confidence in public institutions are at record lows, and to restore that trust, we need to insist on a strong ethical framework and invest in robust oversight of our Federal Government.

If you want to do early childhood development, early childhood education well, the whole childcare piece, it is not on the cheap.

So, you need a substantial Federal investment in those efforts.