we spend billions of dollars as a country trying to remediate that. it's critically important that we invest in those first five years of life, this legislation that jennifer just spoke about, had support from the business community, support from military, support from law enforcement, had such a wide range of support. as secretary duncan said at the event, governors across the country, majority of whom are republicans, are investing in early education. it's just the leadership here in washington that hasn't put the dollars where so much of the conversation is going. we need to go to save the children's website. they can take action. they can call on their elected officials to invest in early education. >> jennifer, i know this is very close to your heart. you came from west virginia. you saw a lot around you growing up. tell me how your childhood experiences, your family experiences helped energize you and engage you in this cause. >> i was always away of the disparity between what my middle-class family had and the children who were growing up around me, the kids that i went