Political Quotes

“but for everything good this bill accomplishes, we have not yet addressed a critical issue families face today: access to high-quality childcare. There is a childcare crisis in this country, and the time to address it is now. There can be no more excuses. We cannot simply vote on this package and call it a day. Our childcare system isn't just stretched thin; it is broken. Talk to parents, talk to businesses, talk to anyone, and it is painfully obvious that our childcare system isn't working for families, providers, or our economy and hasn't been for some time. Right now, families from Seattle to Spokane are stressed. They are staying up late at night, trying to figure out how on Earth they are going to find a childcare opening or how they are going to afford it if they ever get off a wait list. When they can't find and afford childcare, as is all too often the case, parents--moms in particular-- have to leave their job and stay out of the workforce, all while childcare workers are being paid poverty wages, struggling to make ends meet and provide for their own families, and they are leaving their jobs for better paying work at fast food chains and big box stores, which pay them more than their childcare position. We have to do better for kids, for moms, for workers, for our economy, for everyone, or this is just going to keep getting worse.…”