WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined a group of local leaders and parents in Spokane to celebrate the announcement of a new 100-slot affordable child care facility underway in the Hillyard neighborhood, as well as the announcement of the care provider.
"We know that child care is a crisis in America, and we know parents need better options," said Sen. Cantwell. "They need to be able to go to work and know that their children have access to reliable child care.
"According to one recent analysis, in Spokane County, 5...