Danny Davis

I want to commend Representative Butterfield for introducing such an outstanding resolution paying tribute to such an outstanding individual as Mr. Wilkins. As I listened to Representative Butterfield talk about Mr. Wilkins, I couldn't…

I wish to take a moment to voice my strong support for a bill offered by the gentleman from Illinois and my delegation colleague, Mr. Quigley. H. Res. 860, supports two key environmental initiatives within Illinois: the Chicago Wilderness…

We hope that the next phase of reform will allow states to invest Title IV-E funds into prevention services that can demonstrate their effectiveness.

Bipartisan legislation introduced by the Chairman, Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) and Congressman Todd Platts (R-PA), which will expand support for proven home visiting programs, is continuing to move forward in Congress.

Illinois is a national leader in developing and demonstrating the effectiveness of pioneering child welfare reforms.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Democracy, as you know very well, rests on the right to know, on the freely given consent of the governed to be governed.

I think, as you began your remarks, Senator Harkin, about tobacco, it's important for us to recognize that there is no one in this room today who doubts that we should have acted sooner about tobacco.

As far as the work that is being done and the planning that goes into that work, I think it has been well stated here in terms of the partnership that has been undertaken.

We are continuing to look for new technologies that we can bring to bear.

We will never achieve our goal of 'No Child Left Behind' until we have successfully ensured that 'No Child Starts Behind'.

The establishment and expansion of voluntary home visitation programs for low-income parents with young children.

The Early Support for Families Act is a strong avenue to assist in achieving this vision

We would like to thank Chairman McDermott, Representative Danny Davis and Representative Todd Platts for their leadership on this issue

The Early Support for Families Act builds on both the evidence-based home visitation initiative included in President Obama's Fiscal Year 2010 budget...

We also commend Representatives Davis and Platts for their sponsorship of similar legislation, the Education Begins at Home Act of 2009 (H.R. 2205)

So we talk a great deal about these things but do them much less.

Thank you for your leadership on this as well as a number of issues that relate to the well-being of children and ultimately to the well-being of our country.

A federal investment in evidence-based home visiting, as proposed by Chairman McDermott, Congressman Davis, and Congressman Platts, will ensure that more families in communities across the country are given the opportunity to participate…

It is one of the least safe major pieces of infrastructure to travel in the United States.

There would be sustained growth within our tri-State region and the creation of 83,000 permanent jobs.

I would represent, having been here the last several years, that this Congress has not passed, and no President has signed, any single provision that has raised taxes for the last several years or the next two.

In most places outside Washington, D.C., those would seem to be two wildly contradictory points.

So, one could suggest, with a fair degree of certainty, that was it not for the insurance, and not for the payments, that the foreclosure rates would be higher than what they currently are?

It actually drove people off of health insurance, because of the increased state mandates, and in fact, 44 of 47 carriers left the state.