mr. chairman , i did not run a program in head start like the gentlewoman from california ( ms. waters )  , but i visited one , and then i visited another one because when i first came to congress , and the gentleman from maryland ( mr. hoyer )  was here , i did not support head start or wic .  i thought they were a waste of time .  but i will tell the members that head start and wic and school lunch and those programs are only as good as the local district will let them be and work .  they can make a difference .  if a program that is working , if members go down to those districts and see those children , they will tell them , help us to help other kids that do not have a chance .  support this bill .  i would say that a friend of mine said that when we are talking about the religious aspect of this , he said , when you come to congress and somebody will say , you wear the lord on your shoulder , he said , you tell them that is wrong ; you wear them on your whole body .  i have never seen anybody turned away any religion , whether in an emergency or health or wic .  so vote for head start .  