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Katie Britt Touts Bipartisan Bill To Improve Access To Available And Affordable Childcare
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5/14/2025
During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) spoke about the Bipartisan Child Care Plan.
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In March of this year, I delivered remarks right here on the Senate floor about a piece
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of legislation, bipartisan, common sense, child care legislation.
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I spoke about how the Republican Party is now the party of parents, the party of families,
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the party of hard-working Americans.
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I spoke about how we, as the party of life, the party of families, should prioritize ways
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to make it easier to both start and grow our families.
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Since then, more and more colleagues have joined the Child Care Availability and Affordability
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Act.
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As we work to build back America, it just makes sense.
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I was proud to introduce this legislation with Senator Tim Kaine, and we believe it will
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help address our nation's child care crisis.
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Supporters are both Republicans and Democrats.
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They are both parents and grandparents who understand how incredibly difficult it is to
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find affordable, high-quality, reliable child care.
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I've spoken about my own personal story in this chamber, but today I want to speak for
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the millions of moms and dads who don't just want Congress to do something about this.
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They need Congress to do something.
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Recent polls show that 81% of America – think about that.
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In the time that we are right now – 81% of America – believe affordable and available
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child care is an issue that everyone should be concerned with, regardless of whether they
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have children or not.
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72% of Republicans say increasing federal funding for child care is an important priority
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and a good use of taxpayer dollars.
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70% of independents and 90% of Democrats agree.
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Three out of every four Americans believe that the lack of child care impacts the ability
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of businesses to function effectively and consistently.
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The message from voters is crystal clear.
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It's not just parents of young children who are impacted by the lack of affordable and
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available child care.
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It is small business owners, neighbors, grandparents and friends.
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This issue cuts across different demographics and party lines.
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It is a struggle that Congress absolutely should address.
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I believe the solution is my child care legislation – the Child Care Availability and Affordability
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Act.
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This plan consists of targeted investments in families and small businesses.
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It modernizes three existing tax credits to reflect the current economic reality.
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This is an example of good, common-sense policymaking.
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We are not creating a new entitlement.
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We are letting Americans keep more of their hard-earned taxpayer dollars in a manner that
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actually grows the economy.
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And we are offering job creators an incentive to invest directly in their hard-working people
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that have child care needs and those benefits would help.
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These tax credits have not been updated since 2001, so almost 25 years ago.
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Unfortunately, inaction by Congress has contributed to the crisis.
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The American economy loses $122 billion a year because of the lack of affordable child care.
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In contrast, my bill would cost just over $4 billion a year.
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You can do that math.
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Imagine the boost to our economy if we made this targeted investment in workers and families.
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Consider a parent who may be a low-income individual, many of whom find the high cost of child care
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to be the single biggest barrier in re-entering the workforce.
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We could empower those parents to get back to work and move off government assistance.
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This is exactly the kind of pro-family, pro-mainstreet, pro-worker legislation that has the ability
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to both transform our economy and support families.
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I want to thank my colleagues who have already signed on, and most recently the senior senator
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from Alabama, Tommy Tuberville, and the senior senator from Arizona, Mark Kelly.
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I am encouraged by the amount of support this legislation continues to build, but we can't
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stop now.
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They are counting on Republicans, the American people, to be that party of families, the party
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of parents, the party of hardworking Americans, and to actually deliver.
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I believe the American people are firmly behind us, and I want to encourage all of my colleagues
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to join with me in this effort.
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We are elected to serve the needs of our constituents, and when the American people speak out about
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those needs, we have an obligation to listen and to do something about it.
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