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Tammy Baldwin: “We should be able to figure out a way that you're not…”

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

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U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Western Wisconsin Video Town Hall 1-27-25

Published | Video Starts at 23:23

And so I do think we should have a bigger policy discussion at the federal level on making sure that families aren't going bankrupt to pay for childcare, that We should be able to figure out a way that you're not spending more than say, 7% of your family income on childcare. and that those tuition subsidies that I talked about earlier that should be coming from both the federal and the state level allow you to be able to afford child care without wiping you out. (23:23–23:33)

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Asserts that families should not spend more than 7% of their income on childcare.

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