fornia. Mr. Speaker. today is the 51st anniversary of Head Start. Fiftyone years ago. in 1965. President Lyndon Johnson announced the groundbreaking program. In that year. a shy little girl and the daughter of Mexican immigrants enrolled in Head Start. and it changed her life. That little girl was me. In this Chamber. when we fiercely debate funding education. we are sometimes too removed from the reality of the everyday struggles that are facing Americas children and just how wide that opportunity gap is. Even though I stand before you here as a Congresswoman. I also stand before you as a child of Head Start.
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