Tammy Baldwin: “We need to continue, as we have under my leadership, to…”

“But anyways, I think we have to have an approach that looks at both building back the adequate number of childcare slots, whether that's through larger childcare centers or family childcare centers, and helping families afford it in the short term. I think We need to continue, as we have under my leadership, to increase what the federal government puts into that childcare Development Block grant. so that there are more dollars available for tuition assistance for parents, especially low income parents. But I also think that this is a particular area where the free market just hasn't worked very well in fixing these problems.” (22:29–22:42)

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