Elizabeth Warren is having a moment. Yes, another one. Today, however, it’s not progressives or their allies in the press who are shining the spotlight on the technocratic reformer from Massachusetts. It’s Republicans.
This week, Senators Rick Scott and Ted Budd joined Warren in calling on the Defense Department to invest in child-care programs for America’s servicemen and -women. “Today, DoD’s child care program is the largest employer-based child care system in the country,” the lawmakers’ letter to the Pentagon read. But there is more work to be done. “We urge you to prioritize building up the number and capacity of [child developmental centers] and community partners committed to increasing child care supply, and to address low wages that hurt worker hiring and retention, thereby limiting child care availability.”
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