[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4240]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     RESTORE FUNDING FOR EVEN START

  (Mr. CUNNINGHAM asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I support the President in almost every 
area. But in his budget, as in last time, they took out an education 
program called Even Start. Former Member Bill Goodling pushed Even 
Start, because in Leave No Child Behind an important factor of that is 
encouraging and working with parents to work with their children to 
make sure that they are not left behind.
  Unlike a lot of large government programs which are dependent on 
individual areas and leaders that run it, Even Start, across the board, 
has been extremely successful. We need to eliminate a lot of 
duplicative programs in education, but let us not eliminate the good 
ones; and let us support Even Start in this House.
  And I would hope in the House we restore that education program.

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