DEMOCRATIC WHIP KATHERINE CLARK AND CONGRESSWOMAN LATEEFAH SIMON VISIT OAKLAND HEAD START FACILITY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, CONDEMN REPUBLICAN CUTS TO CHILDCARE, HEALTHCARE, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Washington, Oct. 8 -- Congresswoman Lateefah Simon issued the following press release:

OAKLAND, CA - This week, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) hosted, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), the highest-ranking woman in the House of Representatives, in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood. They visited the Unity Council's Head Start and Early Head Start Preschool facilities and La Clínica de La Raza, a federally qualified health center, to meet with families, frontline health care staff, and care workers who have been impacted by Republicans' devastating federal aid cuts. President Trump and Congressional Republicans' "One Big, Cruel, Ugly Bill" has made deep cuts to federal funding for healthcare, childcare, education, and foo...