my father, sargent shriver start of the war on poverty under president johnson at that point in timecome within 10 years those rates of both dropped down to 15%. the senior rate has continued to drop today. today it has the lowest rate ever, 9% were as kids, the poverty rate for children has continued, unfortunately to go back up to where it is today at almost 23, 24%. and a senator dodd eloquently said the reason for that i think is pretty clear. kids don't vote, they don't have political action campaigns, they are not on television. they don't have a strong enough voice in washington, d.c. and i think that is absolutely . i just want to talk frequently about one of the issues that's in the report. it's a early childhood. as senator dodd said we've made great progress over the last four years, the home visitation program for new and expecting moms, the live in high-risk communities as part of the affordable care act, senator mentioned the race to the top $2,500,000,000 in 2011. an additional $133 million for the top five or of states in 2012, but the facts remain, even though that i