With negotiations on his domestic agenda continuing in Congress, President Biden took to the road Friday to pitch the importance of improving government funded child care programs in the U.S.
"When you give working families a break, we’re not just raising their quality of life, we’re positioning our country to compete in the future," he said in remarks delivered at a child care center in Hartford, Conn.when it comes to government child care spending on toddlers, the U.S. trails first-place Norway by nearly $30,000 spent per child annually. Biden and the White House have been citing rankings from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that place the U.S.
. Democrats have proposed lowering child care costs for parents while increasing pay for providers. Similarly, Biden’s new plan would create a universal pre-K program for children ages 3 and 4, increasing the number of years of public education.Additionally, Democrats are hoping to extend the expanded child tax credit, which was passed in March as part of the American Rescue Plan. If an extension is passed, most Americans would receive up to $300 per month per child under the age of 17.
During Thursday’s briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki underscored that the president remains ardent in his wish to have comprehensive child care support as part of his infrastructure agenda. Psaki wouldn’t say, however, that child care provisions represent a “red line” for the president in terms of budget negotiations.
“We have some important decisions to make in the next few days so that we can proceed. I'm very disappointed that we're not going with the original $3.5 trillion, which was very transformative, but whatever we do, we will make decisions that will continue to be transformative about women in the workplace,” Pelosi said Friday.“To be honest with you, we’re probably not going to get 3.5 trillion,” he said. “We’re going to get something less than that.
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