Lamar Alexander actually said...

"Am I correct that two major goals of the Act were from the beginning to allow each State maximum flexibility in developing child care programs and to promote parental choice to empower working parents..."

"I want to thank Richard Burr and Barbara Mikulski for effective work on behalf of millions of American families."

"The Child Care Development Block Grant is one of the real success stories for our government."

"As Senator Alexander already mentioned, since the Nation's teacher salary system is primarily based on years of experience and advanced education, schools with older, higher paid staff compared to you..."