[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H3510]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PROJECT HEAD START

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, this morning, I ask all my colleagues 
to join me in supporting H. Res. 92, commemorating the 50th anniversary 
of Project Head Start, launched in the White House Rose Garden on May 
18, 1965, as bold and audacious in its scope design and as a project to 
launch against those who lived in poverty.
  President Johnson said: ``We set out to make''--and to contain 
certain--``that poverty's children would not be forevermore poverty's 
captives.'' This means that nearly half of the preschool children of 
poverty will get a head start on their future. These children will 
receive preschool training and prepare them for regular school in 
September. They will get medical and dental attention that they badly 
need, and parents will receive counseling.
  Again, we have set out to make certain that poverty's children would 
not be forevermore poverty's captives.
  Today, 160,000 enrolled in Early Head Start, 910,000 enrolled in Head 
Start, 20,000 American Indian-Alaska Native children, 4,000 American 
Indians, 32,000 migrant or seasonal workers, and 40,000 homeless 
children.
  We must continue this infrastructure, and I want to thank AVANCE and 
the Harris County School District in my district because they believe 
in helping children.
  Mr. Speaker, I conclude by thanking those who have fallen in battle 
for the United States of America as we memorialize them on Memorial 
Day.

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