[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H22]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD CARE INITIATIVE

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, when I ran for this office, I called for a 
new national initiative on child care. I have visited child care 
facilities throughout my district. Every morning all across this 
country parents go to work and trust the most important people in their 
lives, their children, to someone else. Thirteen million children under 
age six are in child care during the day.
  In other homes across the country, children under the age of 6 are 
glued to the television. They watch TV for hours because they have no 
place to go, no activities to occupy their time. Too much child care is 
of mediocre quality, but still not affordable to most working families. 
This is not because child care providers make big salaries.
  Help is on the way. The President's proposal provides $21 billion 
over 5 years to improve child care for America's working families. It 
doubles the number of children receiving child care subsidies, and it 
increases the tax credits for families and businesses.
  Our mission is simple: Leave no child behind; support the President's 
child care initiative.

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