Working to expand childcare programs to support working families and ensure our children have access to early childhood education.
Expand childcare programs to support working families and ensure children have access to early childhood education.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congressman Steven Horsford said he voted in favor of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, describing it as a bipartisan funding package that invests in public health, affordable housing, child care, and safe transportation infrastructure.
The bill's official title says it would provide funding to sustain and increase the supply and quality of child care, access to child care, and the child care workforce. The page shows it was introduced on 04/02/2025, referred to House Ways and Means, and remains in Introduced status.
Congressional Record history lists H.R. 2595 as a bill to provide funding to sustain and increase the supply and quality of child care, access to child care, and the child care workforce, and names Mr. Horsford among the members involved as the bill was introduced.
Horsford's legislation page describes H.R. 2595, the Building Child Care for a Better Future Act, as a bill that reauthorizes through FY2026 the Child Care and Development Block Grant program and would increase access to child care services and improve safety and quality.
Assessments
Horsford materially supported child care expansion through co-sponsorship/involvement with H.R. 2595, the Building Child Care for a Better Future Act, which directly matched the promise but remained only introduced/referred to committee. He also voted for a 2026 appropriations package described as investing in child care, which supports some same-term progress. However, the evidence does not show enactment of his dedicated child care expansion bill or a broad delivered expansion of childcare and early childhood education programs. This warrants partial credit rather than full delivery.