Today, we will take an important step in making sure that working families have access to quality child care—a proven strategy to increase workforce participation and reduce child poverty.
He will support legislation to help working families access affordable, high-quality child care.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Public Law 117-2 included child care provisions: about $14.99 billion for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, about $23.975 billion for child care stabilization grants, and provider requirements prioritizing relief from copayments and tuition for families struggling to pay.
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The Clerk recorded the March 10, 2021 House vote on concurring in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1319 as passed, 220-211. Richard Neal of Massachusetts is listed as voting Yea.
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The House-engrossed Build Back Better Act included a child care subtitle with sliding-scale copayments, no copayment for families up to 75 percent of state median income, a 7 percent income cap for certain families, and tiered standards to measure and improve child care quality.
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The Clerk recorded the November 19, 2021 House vote on passage of H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, as passed, 220-213. Richard Neal of Massachusetts is listed as voting Yea.
Assessments
The promise was to support legislation helping working families access affordable, high-quality child care. Neal voted for final House passage of the enacted American Rescue Plan Act in March 2021, which included major Child Care and Development Block Grant funding, child care stabilization grants, and affordability relief provisions. He also supported the House-passed Build Back Better child care provisions, but the enacted ARPA child care funding is sufficient to count the support promise as fulfilled while he was serving in federal office.