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We need to train, we need to recruit, and we need to retain more diverse talent.

We all want to treat people fairly. We all want to make sure that our neighbors and friends and families can enjoy the fruits of their labor in the comfort of their own fairly-appraised homes.

This is a fight of good versus evil.

I think we should all be able to agree, the status quo on childcare is not meeting the needs of our constituents.

Not a single one of our Republican colleagues voted for it.

I urge my colleagues, don't make this mistake. I know there is great pressure to do Build Back Better. But this is not the right bill.

90 percent of the cost will be covered by the Federal Government, all fully paid for by making the wealthiest pay their fair share.

I think states do want more money for childcare. I don't think states want us to run it.

That is unacceptable today. I hope that Republicans can finally recognize that because only serving 15 percent of eligible kids today does not cut it.

Non-subsidy providers would need to increase prices charged to parents. Those serving families who could not afford to pay higher cost might be forced to close.

It has way too much Government, way too many requirements.

How could you not have passed this into law by now? I mean, this sounds like a panacea.

We have offered a lot of plans up here that you can't figure it out until you have already passed it, what it is going to cost.

When you raise the cost by $13,000 a year for childcare, you are now above the average private preschool.

North Carolina waived copayments for eligible families through the end of 2022.

There may be greater subsidies to a lot of parents, but the parents that don't qualify for a subsidy are going to be paying about $26,000 per child per year for their childcare.

I was trying to make the point it was about freedom of speech.

I thought that you presented yourself well, and there was a lot of pressure.