Well, I am going to give applause to your friends. How about that.

what this comes down to is something very fundamental. The basic link between learning and earning--if children learn more now or learn more when they are very young, they are going to earn a lot more down the road. They are going to do…

Just a couple of more points, and I will move on. Even with these recent gains, according to one of the national groups that track this data, the National Institute of Early Education and Research, NIEER, shows that only 4 in 10 American…

That is a list of the dollar amounts that States would receive under this. They have to choose to participate, but if they did, they would have not just the dollars for it but the children served. So my amendment would benefit 3 million…

I rise to speak on an amendment that has great significance for our country. It is about early learning. I will give you the formal name of the amendment so we have it for the record: Casey amendment No. 2152, the strong start for…

We expect that, like so many other states, we will be dealing with this again in Pennsylvania.

I appreciate that. I want to leave that question open to the panel but also add a question on the challenges that State and local governments might have when they are trying to enter into public-private partnerships.

Public-private partnerships are a great tool and I think a big solution.

We should be building on the existing authority, but we need to expand it.

U.S. cattle producers want the integrity behind the `A' label to remain intact. In no circumstance should a product not born, raised, and harvested in the U.S. be granted a, `U.S. label, `1A''.

I just do not think repeal is acceptable.

The reason why we need efforts like that is because we have a big problem.

Yes. The Move America Bonds proposal introduced by Senators Wyden and Hoeven would build off of the 2005 Surface Transportation PABs Program.

I do think that most of the burden rests squarely on the shoulders of employers, and it is up to them to provide the job opportunities to older workers.

I know one of the realizations that animates or undergirds this discussion is what older workers, as you have all highlighted in one way or another, can bring to a workforce, not simply the deep reservoir of experience and skill, but often…

I wanted to highlight the fact that I do not know the exact average for the age of U.S. Senators, but we are above 55, I think.

We need more than just talk in this. We need to get folks together in a bipartisan fashion.

Public reporting might be further improved through the development of standard reports, listing the strengths and challenges of each institution determined in the course of a review.

We know in a recent report by HHS, the inspector general said the department has failed to ensure that electronic health records data are secure and accurate.

This is a complicated subject so we need to listen to people who are in the trenches on this.

I'm thinking about particular circumstances where you might--an antibiotic prescribed for a child who--depending on their weight and things like that.

The only problem is Congress didn't fund it.

All public service is a trust, given in faith and accepted in honor.

All public service is a trust, given in faith and accepted in honor.

What will be the impact on a child or children if we take this step with regard to healthcare?