Political Quotes

“Today, I rise in support of my amendment No. 146 to the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill, which increases funding for the Head Start program. Head Start is a critical program that provides comprehensive early childhood education, health nutrition, and parental involvement services to low-income children and families. My district alone has almost a dozen Head Start locations, each providing crucial services to families in Rockland, Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties, which is why it is so critical that we continue to provide robust funding for Head Start. My amendment does just that, increasing funding to the Head Start program by $100 million and ensuring that this critical service has the support that it needs. As a father of a young daughter, I am seeing just how inquisitive and curious she is, and I know that there are tens of thousands of children like her in my district who would benefit from an early childhood development program. That doesn't even include the tens of millions of children who have benefited from the program's existence across the Nation. Mr. Chair, I ask my colleagues to support amendment No. 146 and show the American people that we want to build on the successes of Head Start. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Connecticut is recognized for 5 minutes. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr.…”