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Tammy Baldwin: “Access to childcare is absolutely an issue that a lot of…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Tammy Baldwin and Frank Lucas Discuss Workplace Discrimination and Women's Bureau in Senate Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:53

Another or another from that same office, the Women's Bureau, that you say has been politicized. Do you agree that access to childcare is a barrier to work for women? Access to childcare is absolutely an issue that a lot of women in the workplace have to deal with. It's an issue for men as well. Yes. Congress created the women's Bureau in 1920 to address issues women face at work. And through investigations into working conditions, conditions of women in factories. (01:53–02:01)

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