[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 184 (Wednesday, October 20, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CHILDCARE IS ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT IN THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, the President's Build Back Better plan has 
become the most important legislation in our history because it is 
essential to overcome the effects of the first pandemic in more than 
100 years. So essential are the bill's ingredients that Congress faces 
a daunting task in trimming the bill.
  One ingredient that is particularly essential is childcare because it 
relates to so much else: the ability of both women and men to work, the 
ability of children to go to school. The United States is the only 
democratic country that does not afford quality childcare to all of its 
families. The reason so many more women than men are still out of work 
is the disproportionate responsibility women absorb for childcare. This 
makes childcare an essential ingredient in the President's Build Back 
Better plan.

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