Lamar Smith actually said...

I think we're a little bit ahead of the curve or we're certainly ahead of a number of other states because of legislation that has been pass...

Together, we champion an increased public awareness of dyslexia, which affects an estimated 8.5 million schoolchildren.

But if we change the way we approach this subject, we can turn that disability into an opportunity for a brighter and more productive future...

And the logical conclusion is, if we could have helped them earlier, we may not have had the kind of problems that they've exemplified later...