[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 82 (Thursday, May 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H3852-H3853]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HEAD START GIVES CHILDREN A BRIGHTER FUTURE

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, this week, the Head Start program turns 54. 
Since this life-changing education program was created in 1965, it has 
served millions of children, giving them and their families a brighter 
future.
  Head Start and Early Head Start provides comprehensive early 
childhood

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education, health, nutrition, social services to low-income children 
and their families. It is one of the most important investments that we 
can make to make sure our children have the greatest opportunities to 
succeed.
  It is particularly important and crucial to my hometown of Flint, 
Michigan, where early childhood education is the most important thing 
we can do to help children mitigate the effects of lead exposure.
  I am really proud of the school districts in Michigan who host this 
incredible program and provide wraparound services to children and to 
their parents.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the teachers, the workers, and the volunteers 
who support our Head Start kids every day.
  To keep Head Start working, we have to fully fund this program in 
Congress. Support for Head Start is bipartisan. We need to continue 
that. We need to make sure that we fully fund this program.
  I celebrate the success of Head Start. We ought to make sure that 
every child that seeks that sort of early childhood education has an 
opportunity to have it.

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