VIDEO : Jennifer Garner Wants Kentucky Lawmakers to Fund Children's Education Program

(AP) ? Hollywood actress Jennifer Garner is asking Kentucky lawmakers to spend $1 million on an early-childhood education program. The star of the TV show "Alias" and movies including "Juno" and "Dallas Buyers Club" testified before the House budget committee on Tuesday on behalf of Save The Children. Garner said the program works well in Kentucky, offering literacy and other development programs for children. Garner is a native of West Virginia and testified along with Mark Shriver, Save The Children Action Network president and a nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy.