Norton Releases Her House Floor Remarks on President Biden’s Build Back Better Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke on the House floor to stress the importance of passing the President's Build Back Better Act. Her remarks focused on child care because it relates to so much else.
Norton's remarks follow.
October 20th, 2021
CHILD CARE IS ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT IN THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN
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 child care 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 child care 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 child care. This makes child care an essential ingredient in the President's Build Back Better plan.
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