Political Quotes

“As I said earlier, I do not have any problem with the objectives that the Members who put this language in here are trying to accomplish. The problem is that it is only $10 million. It is not a problem that is going to help in transition for all people involved in Head Start, or Even Start, across the country. It is not anywhere near enough money. Mr. Chairman, it would take hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to accomplish that. Second, it looks like the old Follow Through Program. There are no guarantees in the legislation that those grantees, those 30 grantees-- 20 of which who have been receiving money for over 20 years as part of the demonstration project--there is no grant or guarantees that they will not in fact continue to receive the same amounts of money that they have in the past. So I understand your concern. But I say this to you: This is a very targeted program to help 30 school districts in America, and that is not why we are here reauthorizing this bill.”