I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 550. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:59 p.m., adjorned until Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at 10 a.m…

For the information of the Senators, there will be a rollcall vote at 10:30 a.m. on the motion to proceed to the America COMPETES Act. ____________________

Let's lower childcare costs for as many working parents as we can.

We have got situations where we would love to ensure that all of our childcare workers, all of our childcare families are licensed providers.

Families across the country are struggling with rising costs, including the high cost of childcare.

Our childcare system is fundamentally broken.

In my state, childcare costs more than college tuition, and nationally 4 out of 10 parents have gone into debt due to the cost of childcare.

Far too many parents cannot afford high quality childcare, even if they can find it.

I recently introduced a bill that would increase funding for early intervention services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to better support infants and toddlers with disabilities.

This is in part because of a limited supply of childcare centers, and because of difficulty filling staff vacancies.

In year one of our plan, two-thirds of working families would pay no more than 7 percent of their income for childcare.

Childcare shouldn't be an extra mortgage.

We have a fully paid plan to bring down costs for families, bring up wages for workers.

Childcare workers, who are most often women and overwhelmingly women of color, earn on average $10.72 an hour.

Before this pandemic, half of all Americans lived in a childcare desert, communities without enough childcare options.