Hal Rogers: “I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time I…”

“I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Connecticut has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, in closing, I am dismayed, but we are all dismayed. We have fought these battles on Head Start in the committee. As to the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, who sits on the Labor-HHS Subcommittee, we fought over and over and over again in talking about how important this program is; and day after day after day after day, we have been told that the facts belie themselves, that this is not a successful program, that kids aren't learning. They have dug up studies from 20 years ago to tell us that this program doesn't work. All of a sudden, today, they think that there is merit in Head Start? I hope this extends to what the President has asked for in universal early childhood education. Do you know that the Labor-HHS Subcommittee never even saw a markup, nor did they ever mention, with their draft proposal, early childhood education? They dismissed the President's view of early childhood education and providing universal early education for kids; and now, today, they stand before this body and this Nation and say they support this effort. Let me just tell you, this is more of the reason why the hostage- taking by the majority has to end.…”