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Jasmine Crockett: “Head Start, obviously, is not a federal government program…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Published | Video Starts at 47:57

And why are Senate and House paid but not everybody else? Oh, okay. Well, this question falls right into that. All right, so Head Start, to better understand this, Head Start, obviously, is not a federal government program, but they benefit from dollars from the federal government to a significant degree. to provide the services that they provide, which also helps to keep people in the workforce. And frankly, they have consistently, since this man is sworn in, gutted funding and dollars that was going to those Head Start recipients. (47:57–48:07)

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Asserts that Head Start is not a federal program but significantly benefits from federal funding.

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