"Without such Federal support I fear our progress, despite the valiant effort of cash-strapped States, will be far too slow to achieve the improvement in scale we need."
"I believe the Federal Government has a crucial role to play in jump starting effort and funding at the State and local levels to scale programs that work."
"But failing to invest in children when they are very young means a higher cost to society, and business, down the road."
"I hope that we can continue on with that budget, rather than the budget set forth by the Budget Committee in the House, which would cut nondefense discretionary spending by $43 billion, or 9 percent, ..."
"I would encourage you, Mr. Secretary, and your staff, to reach out to an organization called Farm Safety for Just Kids."
"You mentioned that the budget provides for $14 million to identify and combat misclassification."
"That is what it is."
"I encourage you to really pursue this."
"I just say, have your people look at that, because they have a lot of good background information on this."
"A big issue."
"I have advocated for a long time just get rid of the darn thing, get it over with, and move on."