Political Quotes

“I am so proud to have played a leading role in securing high-quality, affordable childcare for every family in America in the Build Back Better Act. This policy is personal for me. Growing up, I was raised by a single mom who had to work multiple jobs just to make ends meet. She got help raising me from my grandparents. My grandmother cleaned homes, and when daycare was too expensive, she had to take me to work with her. Madam Speaker, no family in America, no child in America, should have to accompany their guardian to work because childcare is too expensive, certainly not in the richest nation in the history of the world. That is why we are investing nearly $400 billion in childcare and early learning programs to ensure that we solve this affordability crisis. The childcare provisions will transform our childcare system and help bring unemployed parents back into the workforce without them being financially burdened. For these reasons and so many more, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this historic legislation.”