Political Quotes

“I rise this morning just before the noon hour to talk about our children, a topic which does not get nearly enough attention in Washington. I will try to focus on just one issue. Both parties in this body and in the other body indicate, on a pretty frequent basis, that they are in favor of supporting strategies to protect and to help our children, but not enough attention is paid to what that strategy should be and what the elements of it should be. I believe it should at least have four major components. One is to make sure children have every opportunity for more early learning. In addition, we need to make sure more children are covered by health insurance and get quality health care. We made a lot of strides in that in the last couple of decades, but we still have a ways to go. We need to make sure children are protected, an issue I will speak about today in particular. Obviously, we want to put in place better strategies to make sure children have enough to eat and are eating food that is nutritious. So today I will focus on the question of protection. We know that as we head into the last couple of days of the school year, children are starting to look forward to summer activities such as camp and summer sports and other activities. That is the good news. The bad news is that can create opportunities for people who would do them harm. It is important to reiterate the responsibility adults have generally but in particular at this time of the year.…”