On the state budget committee, traveling around the state, every single employer mentioned childcare as a huge barrier to meeting their workforce needs. And with the loss of the funds on June 30 this year, so just in two weeks, We face a quarter of our childcare centers closing their doors. This is urgent, urgent, urgent. And that's why, in my first week as governor, there are three things that I'm going to pass emergency funding for. (48:24–48:28)
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