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Greg Casar: “Raising a child in this country is too damn hard and too…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Congressman Greg Casar on America's Caregiving Crisis

Published | Video Starts at 00:53

Now I'm back to a normal work schedule and I'm very lucky that my baby has a safe, loving place to go each day while my wife and I are at work. But we're here today because millions of Americans are not so lucky. Raising a child in this country is too damn hard and too damn expensive. Millions of hard working families cannot afford a safe place to send their kid during the day. Millions more have to cut out higher education or medicine or groceries or that valuable time together in order to pay for childcare. (00:53–00:59)

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Asserts that raising a child in the U.S. is difficult and costly.

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