Frank Pallone: “You mentioned Head Start, and I just wanted to say I have two young children; one is 3, and the other is a year and a…”

“You mentioned Head Start, and I just wanted to say I have two young children; one is 3, and the other is a year and a half; and I do not spend a lot of time, but I spent a little time reading about childhood development and all that, and everyone tells you that those formative years; you know, whether it is 2, 3, 4, before they go to school, which is what Head Start is primarily about, those are the years that make the difference. That is why I think it is so important that you mentioned the Head Start program and it is such a tragedy that they have wanted to cut that. I remember President Bush talking about how successful a program it was. And, you know, here we are again with a tremendous prevention program, that does not really cost a lot of money, that they have tried to cut severely.”