01/14/2009
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"The demand is far outstripping our limited ability to supply care."
"Like most people, I'd like to ensure that every low-income parent who needs childcare in order to maintain work and be a productive member of society gets it."
"Stories of children dying in locked vans, conditions in facilities that lack basic health and safety protections, are heartbreaking to me and to most."
"But State leaders recognized that if they were going to have a chance at preparing students for the future, the wisest investment that we could make was in the early years of a child's life."