Political Quotes

“the intent of the Goodling resolution is to ensure that any future child care initiatives recognize that all parents have child care needs regardless of whether they choose to have an at-home parent, grandparent, neighbor, nanny or day-care center, care for their child. The intent is to simply bring at-home parents into the child care dialog. There is no intent to favor at-home parents over child care centers. Seventy percent of preschool children are in families that do not pay for child care. Many of these children are low- to middle-income families that struggle to provide home care for their children. Child care initiatives should focus on families that pay for child care as well as at-home parents who provide child care. Parents should not be penalized for the type of child care they choose. Circumstances do not always permit many parents, especially low-income parents, to be at home with their children, and Republicans have supported and were successful in earmarking $4 billion more over the 6 years, $20 billion total, for States to provide for child care. This is a great first step. The House, of course, will revisit this issue with regard to tax credits and, of course, the child development block grant, but the Goodling resolution is a great first step, and I hope Members will support H. Con. Res. 202.”