Subject: FW: On 51st Anniversary of Head Start, Reminder that Kelly Ayotte Puts Koch Brothers Before New Hampshire Children
From: "Wei, Shu-Yen" <[email-masked]>
To: Comm_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 12:36:01 -0700

From: Melissa Miller [mailto:press=[email-masked]] On Behalf Of Melissa Miller
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 3:31 PM
To: Wei, Shu-Yen
Subject: On 51st Anniversary of Head Start, Reminder that Kelly Ayotte Puts Koch Brothers Before New Hampshire Children

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 18, 2016
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On 51st Anniversary of Head Start, Reminder that Kelly Ayotte Puts Koch Brothers Before New Hampshire Children
Concord, N.H. -- 51 years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson announced the creation of Head Start, a program that has grown to serve 1,600 children and their families in New Hampshire alone. On this occasion, Granite Staters are reminded that Kelly Ayotte sided with the Koch Brothers over New Hampshire children by voting for a bill that would have cut nearly $1.1 billion from the program.
In 2011, Americans For Prosperity, the Koch Brothers’ main political arm, said in a letter to Senators about this bill “I urge you to vote Yes on H.R. 1…AFP will rate this vote in our congressional ratings,” a thinly veiled threat aimed at encouraging Senators such as Kelly Ayotte to cast a vote that favored the Koch’s position, even though doing so would gut critical funding for programs important to New Hampshire families, including Head Start.
Ayotte obliged and voted for this bill that, among other cuts, would have caused more than 400 New Hampshire children to lose access to Head Start.
“Kelly Ayotte’s vote to slash Head Start funding at the urging of the Koch Brothers serves as a stark reminder that she puts corporate special interests ahead of New Hampshire’s children,” said New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley. “Kelly Ayotte’s priorities are clear and clearly wrong for New Hampshire.”
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