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Yvette Clarke: “I don't think there is a dollar value that can you truly put on the work that these women and men do with our youngest…”

On the recordApril 14, 2008
I don't think there is a dollar value that can you truly put on the work that these women and men do with our youngest, most vulnerable ones. And they make that sacrifice. Wouldn't it be awesome if they were rewarded and our communities were rewarded and our families were rewarded with a government that responded and really put the funding in place, to not only raise the level, but to get rid of all of those waiting lists that we see. What a difference that would make in every one of our communities around this Nation.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of funding for daycare providers and early childhood education.

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