Steny Hoyer: “Dave Exley takes care of that stirring stick so his paint will be well mixed, and it will give a good coat. How much…”

“Dave Exley takes care of that stirring stick so his paint will be well mixed, and it will give a good coat. How much more, Mr. Chairman, should we take care of our little children so that when they grow they can paint America successful, they can paint America with more opportunity? Now, I see the Chairman of our committee standing up here, or sitting here, he is going to stand pretty soon, and he is going to show that little red chart over there. And he is going to go bankrupt as a businessman if he uses that chart, because that chart relates to this chart. How many children are we serving in America that we promised in 1965 to serve under Lyndon Johnson, concurred in by Richard Nixon, followed on by President Ford and endorsed by President Carter, and then said to be by Ronald Reagan one of the programs that works, and what did we do? We retreated. We retreated, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman's little red chart over there is serving less children. Less children in America who are eligible for Head Start are being served today, Mr. Chairman, and that red chart will not change those statistics, and as that happens, we are losing children in America, and we cannot afford to do that. This Head Start budget that you talk about drops 48,000 children through the cracks. This budget alone, 48,000 children. I do not know whether your painter thinks that is a good investment.”