"Head Start will continue to play a key role in the transformation of education in America."
"Senator Harkin's bill also puts an emphasis on pre-K programs, including nutrition services and education, physical activity, and obesity prevention programs."
"We provided over a $1 billion increase for Head Start, $1 billion, and a $150 million increase for child care."
"We are well short of meeting existing needs."
"Head Start is our Nation's premier provider of developmental and educational services to pregnant moms, infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families, who live in poverty and struggle to meet the..."
"If you just said for everybody there's free breakfast and lunches, it just doesn't cost that much more money, and it's just very streamlined."
"Why don't we just kind of start biting the bullet and saying, 'Look, what is so magic about the age of 5 and kindergarten?'"
"But if you want high-quality early childhood, especially in that early birth-to-3, and you want really good daycare, and you want qualified people with those kids, and you want good home visits and pa..."
"The number of Americans living with Alzheimer's has doubled since 1980, and the growth will almost certainly accelerate as the baby boom generation continues to retire in the future."
"Thank you very much, Dr. Collins, for a very lucid presentation."
"Is dementia getting more aggressive, affecting more percent of the population?"