Democrats from the House and Senate held a press conference on Feb. 7 ahead of the State of the Union address to discuss their efforts to ensure greater access to childcare relief for working families.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), spoke to the group, highlighting what they believed to be a growing need for government involvement in promoting childcare.
According to Murray, recent data indicates that around 25 percent of parents reported their careers were negatively impacted due to a lack of sufficient childcare.
“If that’s not a crisis, I don’t know what is,” Murray said during the press conference. “We have to do better.”…