Marie is committed to making childcare more accessible and increasing flexibility for working families — particularly in rural communities.
Expand access to childcare and make it more affordable for working families.
Occurrences
Marie is working to bring down the cost of housing, increase choices for childcare options, and cut out the middlemen who jack up the cost of healthcare.
Evidence
Gluesenkamp Perez said she spent months working with local regulators on a child-care licensing barrier and then introduced a bill to let federally funded child-care providers serve fresh fruits and vegetables without being treated as food-prep facilities.
Assessments
The available evidence shows a serious effort on child care policy, including work with local regulators on a licensing barrier and introduction of a bill aimed at easing a narrow compliance burden for federally funded child-care providers. But it does not show that these actions were enacted or produced the broader promised outcome of expanding childcare access and making it more affordable for working families. Under the stated scoring rule, a meaningful legislative attempt without demonstrated delivery counts as never, with effort credit.