Obviously. matters of health. education. and welfare. so vitally affecting the lives of all our citizens. must be numbered and classified among these foundation pillars of national integrity and progress. Therefore. I believe that this House must. and I hope will. give very careful and conscientious attention to the urgency of insuring that adequate appropriations are included in this bill to meet the educational needs of millions of Impoverished and disadvantaged children in practically every State in this country. we should. and I hope we will. insure that adequate funds are included in the provisions for elementary and secondary education aid to meet the basic needs of migrant. handicapped. neglected students for specialized Instruction and facilities in reading and language skills. general understanding. and overall preparation for the hard challenges they will experience in trying to make their own economic way at a reasonable level in this competitive era. We have had specific and exhaustive authoritative testimony here demonstrating the increasingly rising costs of education and numbers of students in our schools. Our educational departments and systems In all States throughout the country. including my own great Commonwealth. had. wisely. projected plans and programs and assembled staffs to provide educational opportunities for all of our youth based on the reasonable expectation of a certain and virtually promised level of Federal assistance.