10/14/2009
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"non-subsidy providers would need to increase prices charged to parents. Those serving families who could not afford to pay higher cost might be forced to close."
"When you raise the cost by $13,000 a year for childcare, you are now above the average private preschool."
"That is unacceptable today. I hope that Republicans can finally recognize that because only serving 15 percent of eligible kids today does not cut it."
"90 percent of the cost will be covered by the Federal Government, all fully paid for by making the wealthiest pay their fair share."