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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— Extensions of Remarks E1674 HON E1674 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks August 1, 2007 INTRODUCTION OF THE UNI- Because of decades of refusal by Congress He has managed several successful local VERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN to approve the large sums necessary for uni- and State political campaigns. Mr. Pugh AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDU- versal health coverage, the Universal Pre-K served as chair of the Saginaw County Rev- CATION ACT OF 2007 Act encourages school districts across the erend Jesse Jackson for President Committee United States to apply to the Department of in 1984 and 1988. Rev. Jesse Jackson won in HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON Education for grants to establish three and Saginaw County in 1984. In 1988, again under OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA four-year-old kindergartens. Grants funded Mr. Pugh’s leadership, Jackson won the Sagi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES under Title IV of the Elementary and Sec- naw district. Mr. Pugh served as a delegate to ondary Education Act, ESEA, would be avail- the National Democratic Convention in 1988 Tuesday, July 31, 2007 able to school systems which agree in turn to and 1992. Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I am intro- use the experience acquired with the Federal His community involvement includes: found- ducing today the Universal Pre-kindergarten funding provided by my bill to then move for- ing board member of the Ruben Daniels Edu- and Early Childhood Education Act of 2007 ward, where possible, to phase in three and cational Foundation, member of Saginaw (Universal Pre-K) to begin the process of pro- four-year-old kindergartens for all children in County Mental Health Authority, chair of the viding universal, public school pre-kinder- the school district in regular classrooms with Saginaw Branch NAACP ACT–SO Program, garten education for every child, regardless of teachers equivalent to those in other grades member of Zion Missionary Baptist Church income. as part of their annual school district budgets. Deacon Board, chair of New You Design The bill is meant to fill the gaping hole in the The success of high quality Head Start and Men’s Apparel Store, managed local campaign President’s No Child Left Behind law, which other pre-kindergarten programs combined efforts for Rev. Jesse Jackson, President Bill requires elementary and secondary school with new scientific evidence concerning the Clinton and Democratic presidential nominee children to meet more rigorous standards importance of brain development in the early John Kerry. while ignoring the preschool years which can years virtually mandate the expansion of early During his 36 years at Delta College, he de- best prepare them to do so. My bill would pro- childhood education to all of our children. Tra- veloped a wide range of programs and initia- vide a breakthrough in elementary school edu- ditionally, early learning programs have been tives to assist students and the Saginaw urban cation by taking a step at the Federal level to available only to the affluent and to lower in- community. Delta College’s faculty and staff provide initial funding, and using such funding come families in programs such as Head recognized Mr. Pugh in 1980 and 1995 for his to encourage school districts themselves to Start. My bill provides a practiced way to extensive service to the college and commu- add a grade to elementary schooling at ages gradually move to universal pre-school edu- nity when he was presented the American As- three and four as an option for every child. cation. The goal of the Universal Pre-K Act is We cannot afford to continue to blithely let to bring the benefits of educational pre-K with- sociation of University Professor, AAUP, the most fertile years for reading go by while in reach of the great majority of American Award, the highest honor bestowed upon col- we wonder why we can’t teach Johnny to working poor, lower middle class, and middle lege administrators. read. As the President presses No Child Left class families, most of whom have been left Mr. Pugh is married to Carolyn. They have Behind into high schools, my bill asks him to out. three daughters, Yvette, Pamela, and Canika, begin at the beginning when children should Considering the staggering cost of daycare, and three grandchildren, Andrea, Delyn, and begin their education. the inaccessibility of early education, and the Kevin John. The Universal Pre-K Act responds both to opportunity earlier education offers to improve Madam Speaker, I ask the House of Rep- the huge and growing needs of parents for a child’s chances in life, three and four-year- resentatives to join me in congratulating John educational childcare and to the new science old kindergarten is overdue. The absence of Pugh on his retirement from Delta College. He showing that a child’s brain development, viable options for working families demands has devoted his life to nurturing the next gen- which sets the stage for lifelong learning, be- our immediate attention. eration of our country’s leaders and has made gins much earlier than previously believed. I strongly urge my colleagues to support this the world a better place. However, parents who need childcare for their legislation. pre-K aged children are rarely able to afford f f the stimulating educational environment nec- TRIBUTE TO JOHN L. PUGH essary to ensure optimal brain development. COUNCIL OF KHALISTAN WRITES Universal pre-K education would be a part of TO CHIEF MINISTER TO DEMAND school systems, adding a new grade for three- HON. DALE E. KILDEE WITHDRAWAL OF WARRANT and four-year-olds similar to five-year-old kin- OF MICHIGAN AGAINST DR. UDHOKE AND RE- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dergarten programs now routinely available in LEASE OF MANN the United States. The bill would eliminate Tuesday, July 31, 2007 some of the major shortcomings of the uneven Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, I rise today HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS commercial daycare now available and would to recognize the accomplishments of John L. OF NEW YORK assure the qualified teachers and safe facili- Pugh as he retires from Delta College after 36 ties of public schools. years of service. John will be honored at a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This bill’s introduction is particularly timely party of Friday, August 3, in Saginaw, MI. Tuesday, July 31, 2007 here in the District of Columbia, where more John Pugh was born in Shubuta, MS, where extensive integration of early childhood edu- he attended public school through eighth Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, as I have cation is planned as part of a larger effort to grade. He completed his secondary education discussed recently, the Punjab Government improve D.C. public schools. A recent report in Newton, MS. He received his B.A. degree, has issued an arrest warrant against Dr. highlighted the economic benefits of early cum laude, in economics from Florida Agricul- Sukhpreet Singh Udhoke for the crime of writ- childhood education, generating $221 million tural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, ing about Sikh freedom and criticizing the each year in the District while starting early to FL, and his master degree from the University chief minister. Mr. Mann’s crime was placing a expand job, career, income, and academic of Toledo in 1971. He also attended Tougaloo picture at the statue of the brutal late chief prospects of children, decreasing the amount College, Tougaloo, MS, and spent 4 years in minister, Beant Singh. spent on social programs to address teen the U.S. Air Force before entering Florida A The Council of Khalistan has recently writ- pregnancy, crime, and the like. and M University. ten to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to Compare the cost of daycare, most of it of- John Pugh became involved in politics, eco- demand the withdrawal of the warrant against fered today with an inadequate educational nomic empowerment, and civil rights efforts as Dr. Udhoke and the release of Mr. Mann. We emphasis, at an average cost of $6,171 per a freshman at Tougaloo College, where he should join in that demand, Madam Speaker. year, to the cost of in-state tuition at the Uni- worked with Medgar Evers on a successful We should stop aid and trade with India to versity of Virginia, which costs $6,785 per public boycott that encouraged businesses in support rights for everyone and we should de- year. Yet, more than 60 percent of mothers Jackson, MS, to hire African-American em- mand a free and fair vote on freedom for with children under age six work. That propor- ployees. He continued his community involve- Khalistan, the Sikh homeland, for Nagalim, for tion is rapidly increasing as more mothers ment during his 3 years as a student at Flor- Kashmir, and for the other nations seeking enter the labor force, including mothers leav- ida A and M University as he worked on local their freedom. ing welfare, who also have no long term ac- campaigns for Black mayoral candidates and I would like to add that letter to the RECORD, cess to child care. helped develop a student magazine. Madam Speaker. VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:56 Aug 02, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A31JY8.061 E01AUPT1 cnoel on PRODPC75 with REMARKS August 1, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1675 COUNCIL OF KHALISTAN, the Guru Granlh Sahib. Sant Jarnail Singh Mr. Badal, I urge you to get on the right side Washington, DC, June 28, 2007. Bhindranwale and his supporters peacefully of history today. Or would you rather be re- Hon. PARKASH SINGH BADAL, protested outside. Your police fired on the membered as an enemy of the Sikh Nation? Chief Minister of Punjab, protestors, killing 13 of them, then your po- Sincerely, Chandigarh, Punjab, India.
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