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Ruben Gallego: “Child care in most states is more expensive than the public…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 14:23

I see it every day. I drop off my, my daughter at child care here and I'm like, I'm dropping you off at what is the equivalent of a college. Child care in most states is more expensive than the public university of that state. And yeah, my family did that calculation and there are so many other families are doing that calculation all the time. What is the way that actually compensates for us putting our kids in childcare? (14:23–14:30)

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Asserts that child care costs exceed public university tuition in most states.

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