I have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 555, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant…

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. ____________________

finally, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 23; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

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…

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

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

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.

Childcare shouldn't be an extra mortgage.

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.

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