better, more effectively, he can put those forward. but interestingly enough, in this 200-page report, not one alternative policy about how to do things better and make things work better for recipients of these programs. >> i want to jump to that back to you. i didn't give you a chance, cynthia. that's my question for you. is there a good way for progressives to make welfare better? >> of course there are. >> what are they? >> of course there is. there are programs that don't work nearly as well as they should. you know, paul ryan talks about head start. head start isn't effective. he talks about -- he cites several studies that show that head start hasn't worked nearly as well as we had hoped. he goes on to quote the studies that show that well-funded early education programs do work. >> sure. >> the house budget committee report says that well-funded early childhood education works. well, hasn't the president proposed well-funded early childhood education?