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Earlier this week I attended a Congressional Hearing about our country’s
investment (or lack thereof, really) in early childhood education. As a
single parent, I was extremely frustrated with some of my colleagues'
continued inability to take the issue of child care seriously.

Congressional Republicans are opposed to investing in child care because
they claim it’s a “government takeover.” In this week’s hearing, Senator
JD Vance cited stats that most married mothers would prefer to stay home
with their kids, implying that their preference means we shouldn’t invest
in child care. It’s a load of BS, and completely ignores the reality for
many families. When conservatives block the government from investing in
child care to give families "choice," they take away choice from single
parents and low-income parents.

Let’s be real: Republicans don’t want to invest in child care because it
would mean taxing billionaires and ultra-profitable corporations, or
siphoning funding from their defense industry friends.

As a result, we’re losing $122 billion annually in our economy because of
unaffordable child care. But for every $1 we invest in child care, it
yields $4 in return. Investing in child care is smart economic policy and
the only way we’ll have a strong and stable workforce.

Congress as a whole has put the issues of women, children, and families on
the back burner for too long. That’s in part because Congress, where the
median age in the Senate is 65 and just 28% of Congresspeople are women,
does not look like our country. Too many of my colleagues are frankly
wealthy, older, men who have never had to worry about affording quality
child care.

As Senator Vance talked about the preferences of married couples, I
reminded the room—there are nearly 10 million single parents in this
country. But there’s only one of us in Congress. That’s why I’m going to
use my remaining months in office to do everything I can to fight for
affordable child care.

[ [link removed] ]Can you join me by signing my petition? Tell Congress we must act now
to address the child care crisis.

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Thanks for reading,

Katie




 


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