VULNERABLE CHILDREN MUST BE SUPPORTED

On 2025-05-15, Representative Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) delivered a floor speech titled "VULNERABLE CHILDREN MUST BE SUPPORTED" in the House.

VULNERABLE CHILDREN MUST BE SUPPORTED

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 82 (Thursday, May 15, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 82 (Thursday, May 15, 2025)] [House] [Page H2084] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] VULNERABLE CHILDREN MUST BE SUPPORTED (Ms. SIMON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) Ms. SIMON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the House to highlight my support of Head Start. I most recently visited an organization in my district called the Unity Council that serves families, parents, seniors, and children, providing them with affordable housing, career opportunities, community engagement and, yes, Head Start programs. I learned from the Unity Council that President Trump and the administration has stopped funding for the Oakland Head Start program. This means that over 600 children will not have daycare, mental health services, dental care, and basic health screenings all provided by this incredible program. The President promised, recently said he would not touch the Head Start program. Yet here we are. Nationally, over 800,000 children receive daycare support from Head Start. Cutting Head Start funding and stopping early childhood development is not efficiency. It is not trimming the fat. Cutting programs like Head Start is breaking, literally, the bones of our Nation and of our future. ____________________