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Ayanna Pressley: “We cannot afford to pay for childcare when that is our most…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 02:17

We have an occupant in the Oval Office that says we have to fund a war, that we don't even know why we're there, but We cannot afford to pay for childcare when that is our most important infrastructure. our babies. All the data bears out that that investment is the greatest return on investment. It is our greatest infrastructure. So that's why we're here. (02:17–02:23)

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Asserts that the government is not funding childcare adequately, despite its importance.

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