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"The fight for child care is such an important one, but it breaks my heart that it has to be a fight at all. I have said time and again that the United States has been teetering on the brink of a child care crisis. But now this COVID-19 pandemic has pushed us over the edge. Even before this pandemic began, affordable child care was already a significant and severe issue. Now, this pandemic has further exacerbated and exposed existing disparities."
"This subject is so critical, especially now. In the midst of the constant and relentless heartbreak of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are still reeling from the events of January 6 – when the cradle of our democracy was viciously attacked."
"We are going to have some tough decisions to make over the next few months. While this subcommittee is small in size, it has a very important function and I am proud to be working with all my colleagues to address any physical changes needed to ensure the Capitol Complex is safe for Members of Congress to carry out our constitutional duties; provide resources to our Capitol Hill community to heal from this traumatic event; maintain a safe and open campus as much as possible, so that visitors from across the country and around the world can witness representative democracy in action."
"The EAC is a national clearinghouse for information on election administration and accessibility and the only federal agency completely dedicated to election administration. Now, more than ever, we need to provide the necessary resources, support the protection of our democracy and secure our elections."
"The focus of this hearing is to have the witnesses provide an update on the Department of Defense’s efforts to fully assess the extent and nature of the troubling – and persistent issues within the privatized military family housing program. In addition, they will provide details on their on-going actions to remedy the inadequate oversight of the program, and their long-term plan to make permanent positive changes to the program."