WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
Today, 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, released this statement following the failure of a joint resolution of congressional disapproval (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/199) to overturn a recent Trump Administration rule that makes childcare less affordable by eliminating the federal affordability benchmark that capped family copayments at 7% of household income.
"More than 15,000 low-income families in Washington rely on the Child Care and Development Fund," said Sen. Cantwell. "Today, Sena...