Well, I know in our discussions yesterday, Senator Dodd and Senator Harkin and I were wrestling with, among others, these kinds of questions.

We are especially grateful he called this series of hearings to examine a set of issues that candidly, even in the party I am a member of, we do not spend enough time on.

Because of your hard work in the passage of the act, there are several deliverables on national strategies that I think you will be very proud of.

Though children make up a quarter of our population, out of every dollar spent by the Federal Government, less than a dime goes to children.

the substance of your testimony today individually and cumulatively is very helpful because too often what happens in Washington is that you have a lot of bills...

Can we consult you, though, for free?

the first recommendation they made to improve the number of 25- to 34-year-olds who have an associates degree or higher--recommendation No. 1 was to make preschool education available to all.

I was complaining about President Bush's language as it relates to our objectives in Iraq.

Thank you very much. I want to thank all of our witnesses for your testimony.

I wanted to go back as well to get a better sense of the--and I ask this question for all of our witnesses.

That's another example of what we need to improve on?