[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 82 (Thursday, May 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H3850-H3851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CELEBRATING HEAD START AND COMMEMORATING THE MEMORY OF DR. EDWARD 
                                 ZIGLER

  (Mr. LARSON of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate 
the Head Start program on its 54th anniversary and the 25th anniversary 
of Early Head Start.
  I had the proud distinction of serving with Dr. Edward Zigler of Yale 
University, who passed away this past year. He was a leader in this and 
worked with every President from John Kennedy to Barack Obama.
  He is generally regarded as the father of the Head Start program but 
also regarded for his longstanding work with children. In fact, it was 
Ed Zigler who said, ``My politics are children,'' and then proceeded to 
dedicate a lifetime to creating remedies for childcare, which he 
labeled, in America, ``a cosmic crapshoot.''
  So many young people today experience the dilemma of balancing their 
work with bringing up their children. But it was Ed Zigler's leadership 
that recognized we should utilize our schools. He promoted School of 
the 21st Century as a way for us to get our arms around the whole issue 
of having safe, affordable childcare.
  I rise today to commemorate his memory and congratulate the Head 
Start program.
  


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