strong labor and environmental standards should be at the heart of every piece of our trade policy.

We are also supportive of Senator Murray's Child Care for Working Families Act which also has these principles.

We have this opportunity. This is our moment. We are rebuilding America's infrastructure.

We have to invest in the kind of infrastructure that women need, as well.

This is what it means to say that childcare is infrastructure.

This is our moment to act.

We cannot let that happen. The infrastructure train is leaving the station and we cannot leave childcare behind.

I am fighting for a $700 billion Federal investment to make sure that every single family who needs it can find safe, affordable childcare.

The pandemic has exposed the challenges that have faced working families and childcare providers for decades.

The United States did not and we saw a flattening of women's labor force participation.

Lack of affordable high-quality childcare affects every aspect of our economy.

I think the evidence is clear here that you are citing that high-quality care helps all of our children learn and grow.

When you pay me $1, what are you rewarding me for?

Childcare is a public service. Childcare should be prioritized.

We cannot let women who have lost so many jobs in this economy... People are counting on Congress to deliver on childcare.

I am fighting for a $700 billion investment in childcare.

We have to make sure that when we rebuild infrastructure in this country that we create good middle-class jobs and that childcare providers are not left behind.

It is very important work.

We do not make parents prove that they are working or that their income is low enough to be able to send their child to first grade.

Now is not the time to abandon what President Biden has proposed. Now is the time to expand it.

We do not ask parents to pay the full cost of first grade for their 6 or 7-year-old and we should not ask parents to pay the full cost of educating and caring for a 2-year-old either.

We can do the work that demonstrates that childcare is infrastructure in this country.

Just yesterday, I sent a letter to Congressional leadership with the support of over 100 of my colleagues, calling for a $700 billion investment in childcare.

As a society, we have not valued this work the way that we should.

We need to make it available for all of our babies, regardless of how much money their parents earn or what kind of job they have.