WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
[CHICAGO, IL] - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined parents, teachers and Illinois Head Start leaders to underscore how President Donald Trump's latest attack on Head Start would jeopardize services for countless middle-class families across Illinois, many of whom are already struggling to make ends meet as a direct result of the Trump Administration's reckless policies. The Senator's visit comes after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a plan last month to scrap roughly 1,400 regulations that would fundamentally change how Head Start is able to serve our children, potentially reducing care hours, increasing staff-to-child ...