It's really hard in Texas to have a child and to be working and to keep providing for your family. And that's also costing us in terms of our economy. And we've seen time and time again that When you have policies that are pro family, like early childhood care, like universal pre K, like access to paid family leave, that it also has more of an economic impact. because then you have more workers in the system who are also more efficient and who are happier in their work. They're more productive. It's an overall benefit to our society. (17:37–17:48)
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