[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6369]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today on National Teacher 
Appreciation Day with an oft-forgotten remedy to our economic downturn: 
investments in early childhood education.
  Successful nations invest in three things: infrastructure, research, 
and education. To compete in the global market, we need to have the 
most highly skilled workforce in the world. And to develop that 
workforce, we have to start at the beginning with early childhood 
education.
  Research from Stanford shows that rich students perform better than 
middle- and low-income students. Quite simply, they enter kindergarten 
more prepared thanks to high quality preschool. Nobel Laureate 
economist James Heckman found a 7 to 10 percent annual return on 
investment in effective preschool.
  Every child deserves a chance to succeed in school and throughout 
their lives. Providing early childhood education can give them that 
chance, and the entire Nation will be better off for it.

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