WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Cory Booker issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Representative Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) introduced the Let Kids Play Act, a bicameral bill aimed at stopping Wall Street from pricing kids out of youth sports by banning private equity firms from the space, curbing predatory practices that drive up costs, and returning money to families who have been overcharged. The legislation is co-sponsored in the House by U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Pat Ryan (D-NY-18), and Angie Craig (D-MN-02).
Over the last decade, youth sports have become prohibitively expensive. What was once an affordable, community-based tradition to giv...