Political Quotes

“Thank you. Mr. President, first I commend my friend and colleague from Pennsylvania, Senator Casey, for his amendment, and I appreciate the discussion between him and the chair of the committee. I think that getting rid of these inversions is very important. I am surprised people on the other side don't want to do it, but so be it. Funding this program is the most important way, and if we could come up with a bipartisan way to get the funding, that will help educate millions of America's young children, and that is why I support this amendment so strongly. Educating our children is not a sprint, it is a marathon. No one just gets up one day and decides to run a marathon. They plan, they train, and they eat right. We can avoid the most common problems if we start our kids out early with the right training, not just for some but for every student. The research has shown that children who attend high-quality preschool programs are more likely to be prepared for school and graduate on time. They get better jobs. They are less likely to wind up in the criminal justice system or to rely on our social safety net. All too often in this body we do what many groups, corporations, and others in America do, we are unwilling to think of the long term. We may be spending a dollar today on this program, but we are going to save tens of dollars for each dollar we spend over the long run. All the studies show it.…”