Health Reform Will Help The Sick, Says Illinois Democrat

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) says that parents of sick children around the country will sleep better at night knowing that their kids will receive the help they need now that health reform has passed. (0:28)
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Education Secretary: "When Adults Fight, Children Lose"

Speaking on Wednesday about the need for drastic education reform, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says that say that "when adults fight, children lose."(0:50)
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Health Care Bill Is About The Children, Says NY Democrat

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) says the future of our country depends on whether or not we get health care reform soon. Rep. McCarthy says government subsidized health care worked great for her when she was a child, thus it will probably work well for today's youth. (:26)
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Evidence Suggests Gay Families Equally Capable Of Raising Children

Camilla Taylor, Senior Staff Attorney at the Midwest Regional Office of Lambda Defense & Education Fund talks about evidence suggesting that children raised by gay families do just as well in their endeavors as children of heterosexual families. (0:14)
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Two Child Care Bills

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) discusses his two child care bills during a press conference.
The first bill, The Starting Early Right Act, would amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to improve access to high-quality early learning and child care for low-income children and working families.
The second bill, The Child Care Facilities Financing Act of 2009, introduced by Casey, would set up a grant for improvement of child care facilities and construction of child care facilities.
Casey said, “I think both bills are critically important and essential in any environment because we are not doing nearly enough on child care...both of these bills speak to that basic challenge.

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Thousands of children could be saved

Edward Schor, vice president for child development and preventative care at the Commonwealth Fund speaks about the amount of children that can be positively affected by changes in the children's health care. (1:06)
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Immigration raids leave children without parents, stress

Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey discusses raids on illegal immigrants and the effects it has on children. A hearing was held this morning in the Rayburn House building to discuss the recent raids and the increasing concern that children are being left without their parents causing stress and in some cases post traumatic stress disorder in some children. (0:32)
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