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Read. Follow. Verify.Hearing on Challenges Facing Working Families
Record date · January 1, 2020
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What This Bill Does
The House Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support held its first hearing of the 116th Congress to discuss the lack of affordable child care and paid leave. The session focused on how these barriers impact the ability of working families to balance employment and caregiving responsibilities.
The hearing serves as a formal record of testimony regarding the economic barriers to child care and paid leave, which currently affect the financial stability of millions of American workers.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Working families
These individuals face potential changes to federal child care assistance and paid leave policies.
Employers
Changes to paid leave and child care mandates would alter workplace requirements and labor costs.
Key Facts
- Federal investment in child care, adjusted for inflation, is roughly the same as it was in 2006.
- Approximately one in six eligible children currently receives federal child care assistance.
- Less than 50% of Americans have access to paid medical leave.
- Less than 25% of American workers live in states providing temporary disability insurance.
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- Less than 20% of workers have access to paid leave to care for a loved one.
- The hearing took place on March 7, 2019, in the Rayburn House Office Building.
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Stagnant Federal Investment
The Chairman noted that federal child care investment has remained flat since 2006 despite inflation, highlighting a long-term policy trend.
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