Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to offer H.R. 7327, the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act, which I introduced with our exceptional Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee chairwoman, Rosa DeLauro; our esteemed Appropriations Committee colleague, Congresswoman Clark; and our Ways and Means colleagues, Chairman Neal, Chairman Davis, and Congresswoman Sanchez. It is no secret, with quality childcare, children enter kindergarten ready to learn; hardworking families have better job security, knowing their children are healthy and safe; and our communities thrive. But even before COVID-19, millions of hardworking families, disproportionately families of color, struggled to find and afford quality care that matched their work hours and ZIP Codes. At the height of the pandemic, more than half of childcare providers--many of them women, minority-owned small businesses operating on razor-thin margins--closed their doors. We risk losing more permanently. Every single industry counts on childcare. In order to save our economy, we need to save childcare.…”