As one of the only single parents in Congress, I’ve led the fight to cap child care expenses.
John,
While kids are out of school for the summer, so many families are dealing with the high cost of child care.
When my daughter Besty was in preschool and I worked at UC Irvine, the cost of preschool on campus was more than what it cost to be an undergraduate student there. Now with three school aged kids, I (like most families) worry about paying for child care while saving for college.
Child care costs have risen faster than most other major expenses like healthcare and housing. And a lack of reliable and affordable options means that women’s workforce participation has been the lowest it’s been in decades.
For too many families child care is their biggest expense. That holds people back from saving for college, buying a home, or even starting a business. Our country has never invested in child care, and the skyrocketing cost is bad for families and bad for the economy as a whole.
I’ve led the fight to cap child care expenses at 7% of a family’s income, and as one of the only single parents in Congress I’ll continue pushing to lower costs for families.
Katie Porter
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